Microhoria insignita ( Pic, 1906 ) Kejval & Chandler, 2020

Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 95-154 : 117

Microhoria insignita ( Pic, 1906) comb. nov.

Anthicus insignitus Pic, 1906: 285.

Anthicus insignitus: PIC (1911b): 55 (catalogue); WINKLER (1927): 845 (catalogue).

Tenuicollis insignitus: CHANDLER at al. (2008): 448 (catalogue, distribution).

Type locality. Tunisia, Oued Defaa, Foum Tatahouine.

Type material. SYNTYPES: see Remarks (at least partly MNHN).

Distribution. Tunisia.

Remarks. PIC (1906) described Anthicus insignitus from an unstated number of specimens collected by L. Vibert in southern Tunisia, which were deposited in his and the Vibert Collection. Its present placement in Microhoria is provisional, dependant on the generic synonymy proposed here. This species may belong in Liparoderus , as stated below, however this possibility must be confirmed by examination of the type specimens. Searching in Pic’s collection, Z. Kejval found a single pin with the locality, identification, and type labels for this species (the specimen was lacking), together with a specimen of Liparoderus bearing the following data: ‘ Tunisie [h] // insignitus Pic [h] // Krekich vid [p].’ This specimen is not quite excluded from being a member of the type series, however it lacks the type locality data and type labels. There are additional facts suggesting placement of A. insignitus in Liparoderus – PIC (1906) compared this new species with Anthicus barnevillei and Anthicus insignis var. insignior (the latter is presently a member of Liparoderus , see CHANDLER et al. 2008), and some characters given in the original description agree with Liparoderus , mainly the larger size (3.5–4 mm), large, posteriorly subtruncate head, robust pronotum, and two silvery, sinuous setose bands on the elytra.