Baryodirus hammondi
A review of the Cholevinae from the island of Borneo (Coleoptera, Leiodidae)
Schilthuizen, Menno
Perreau, Michel
Njunjic, Iva
ZooKeys
2018
777
57
108
KTM8
Perreau, 2000
Perreau
2000
Insecta
Leiodidae
Baryodirus
CoL
Animalia
Baryodirus hammondi
Coleoptera
6
63
Arthropoda
species
hammondi
Baryodirus hammondiPerreau, 2000 19-20, figs 1-10; type from Mulu, Sarawak (in NHMUK).
Description. See genus description above: the genus is monotypic, and the holotype is the only known specimen of the species.
Habitat and distribution. The biotope and ecology of this species are unknown, but several characters suggest that it could be a commensal of hymenopterans. The compact habitus and the double setation are observed (almost exclusively) in many myrmecophilous leiodid genera or subgenera, such as Ptomaphagus (Echinocoleus)Horn in North America, and Synaulusin North Africa (our observations).