Margarinotus (Myrmecohister) maruyamai Ôhara, 1999

Tishechkin, A. K., Zinchenko, V. K. & Sergeev, M. E., 2022, New and little known Histeridae species (Coleoptera) from Russia with a synonymy note, Far Eastern Entomologist 467, pp. 11-16 : 13

Margarinotus (Myrmecohister) maruyamai Ôhara, 1999

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorsky Krai: Vladivistok, Botanic Garden, flight intercept trap, 24. VI 2021, 1 ♂, leg. M.E. Sergeev ( ISEA) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (new record): Primorsky Krai. Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu (Ôhara, 1999),

NOTES. In Japan, this species was found in the colonies of Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) ants. In Vladivostok, the specimen was collected in a fir forest on the slope of northern exposition, by a flight intercept trap hanging on a tree ~ 1.5 m above the ground, near the nest of Lasius fuliginosus .

Figures

Figs 1–2. Histeridae spp., habitus, dorsal view. 1 – Margarinotus maruyamai; 2 – Platysoma jongwooki: Scale bars 2 mm.