Euconnus (s. str.) tananarivensis Franz, 2024

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2024, The ‘ curse of Horaeomorphus’ (almost) lifted. Revision of misplaced species from Madagascar, Comoros and Mascarenes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 5505 (1), pp. 1-96 : 82-83

Euconnus (s. str.) tananarivensis Franz , stat rev.

Euconnus (Anthicimorphus) tananarivensis Franz, 1986b: 247 .

Horaeomorphus tananarivensis (Franz) ; Jałoszyński (2014b): 12 (result of placing Anthicimorphus as junior synonym of Horaeomorphus ).

Remarks. This species was described on the basis of a single specimen. The holotype is deposited in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and was not available for my study. This species was described as somewhat similar to Euconnus (Tetramelus) vulgaris , but the pronotum broadest near middle and equally narrowing posteriorly and anteriorly excludes it from Tetramelus . In fact, the aedeagus of E. tananarivensis , illustrated in Franz (1986b): fig. 221, is highly similar to copulatory organs of many species placed in the same monograph in Euconnus (Euconophron) (Euconophron is a junior synonym of Euconnus s. str.; see ( Jałoszyński 2022)). The aedeagus of E. tananarivensis has a clearly bifurcate apex, a character thought to be one of important diagnostic features of Euconophron (e.g., Vít (2005a)). I do not find in the Franz’s description any characters that would place this species in any other genus and subgenus but Euconnus (s. str.).

Distribution. Central Madagascar (Analamanga Region).