Myrmecobrenthus Kleine, 1920

Bartolozzi, Luca & Loudit, Sandrine Mariella Bayendi, 2011, Revision of the genus Myrmecobrenthus Kleine with a description of a new species from Gabon (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Eremoxenini), Zootaxa 3101, pp. 53-58 : 54

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.279180

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192836

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scientific name

Myrmecobrenthus Kleine, 1920
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The genus Myrmecobrenthus Kleine, 1920 View in CoL

Type species: Myrmecobrenthus wasmanni Kleine, 1920

Myrmecobrenthus View in CoL belongs to the tribe Eremoxenini, species of which show strong morphological modifications with regard to the usual brentid shape. These modifications are mainly in the form of rostrum, antennae, and sometimes the legs. Myrmecobrenthus View in CoL species have a striking deformation of the antennae, which are composed by only nine articles, and the articles are short, appressed, enlarged and strongly compressed dorso-ventrally. The antennal shape resembles that of myrmecophilous Paussinae View in CoL ( Coleoptera View in CoL Carabidae View in CoL ), and it is also similar to two other brentid genera, Pericordus Kolbe, 1833 View in CoL , and Paussobrenthus Gestro, 1919 View in CoL , although in these taxa there are 11 antennal articles instead of 9. In addition, the tibiae are enlarged and strongly flattened laterally, and they look somewhat foliaceous. The head and the rostrum also show strong modifications, as in all Eremoxenini. These modifications are related to the myrmecophilous behaviour of these brentids ( Kleine 1921; Damoiseau 1979, 1980; Sforzi & Bartolozzi 2004).

Previously, two species of Myrmecobrenthus View in CoL were known: M. ater Damoiseau, 1961 View in CoL and M. wasmanni Kleine, 1920 View in CoL ; a third one is described in this paper.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

Loc

Myrmecobrenthus Kleine, 1920

Bartolozzi, Luca & Loudit, Sandrine Mariella Bayendi 2011
2011
Loc

M. ater

Damoiseau 1961
1961
Loc

M. wasmanni

Kleine 1920
1920
Loc

Paussobrenthus

Gestro 1919
1919
Loc

Pericordus

Kolbe 1833
1833
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