Nearticerodes laevis Raffray, 1900

Hlaváč, Peter & Nakládal, Oto, 2016, The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. VI. Description of Ambohitantella banari gen. et sp. n. with notes on Nearticerodes Jeannel, 1954 and Triceratomerus Jeannel, 1960, Zootaxa 4189 (1), pp. 183-188 : 186-187

Nearticerodes laevis Raffray, 1900

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Commatocerinus laevis Raffray, 1900: 522 .

Nearticerodes laevis Raffray : Jeannel, 1954: 300; Jeannel, 1960: 195.

Material studies. Holotype, ♂: (h) Madagascar / red label (p) TYPE / (h) F. laevis (p) A. Raffray det. / (h) Nearticerodes laevis Raff. / smal rectangular red label without text / blue label (p) MUSÉUM PARIS, 1917 , COLL. A. Raffray / (h) Nearticerodes laevis Raffr. (p) Cl. Besuchet dét. 200 (h) 7 / red label (p) LECTOTYPE Nearticerodes laevis Raffray, P. Hlaváč des., 2016. MNHN.

Note. The species was described by A. Raffray (1900) from the material of Pselaphinae he had received from L. Fairmaire collected by M. Perrier in Suberbieville [= Maevatanana, 16o50’S - 46o50’E, see Jeannel, 1954: 300], Madagascar . The description is presumably based on one male specimen, not clearly stated in the description, which is deposited in MNHN ( Jeannel, 1954: 300). Although the specimen which was available for this study bears the locality label Madagascar without mentioning Suberbieville, we are of the opinion that this is a holotype designated by monotypy.

Host ant. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar (Mahajanga Province).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Ambohitantella banari gen. et sp. nov. Hlaváč & Nakládal, male: 1, habitus, dorsal view; 4, aedeagus, dorsal view; 5, aedeagus, lateral view; Nearticerodes laevis Raffray, male: 2, habitus, dorsal view; Triceratomerus sparsepunctatus Jeannel, male: 3, habitus, dorsal view; 6, aedeagus, dorsal view; 7, aedeagus, lateral view.