Apoderiger cervinus Wasmann, 1897

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Apoderiger cervinus Wasmann, 1897: 264 . Type locality: Annanarivo in der Provinz Imerina [Antananarivo, province Imerina]. Types: 5 syntype specimens should be deposited in MNHN (Jeannel 1954: 313).

Apoderiger cervinus – Jeannel 1954: 313 (redescription, habitus, aedeagus); 1960: 203 (diagnosis, distribution, host ants). — Célis 1970: 248 (redescription).

Diagnosis

Last antennomere strongly curved in distal portion; composite tergite in posterior portion with pair of small, bump-like, widely separated projections; mesotibia simple; distal portion of last tarsomere with distal, acute lamella.

Type material

Lectotype (here designated)

MADAGASCAR • ♀; seven labels “Madagascar/ ( Sikora)” [white, handwritten] //“TYPE” [red, printed] //“♀” [white, printed] // “ Apoderiger / cervinus Wasm. / n. g. n. sp. Type” [white, handwritten] // “MUSÉUM PARIS /1952 / COLL. R. OBERTHÜR ” [blue, printed] // “ Apoderiger / cervinus Wasm / Cl. Besuchet / dét 2007” [white, printed and handwritten] // “LECTOTYPE / APODERIGER / cervinus WASMANN / P. Hlaváč des., 2023” [red, printed]; MNHN.

Description

BODY. Yellowish-brown, less elongated, about 2.2 × as long as wide; body 1.73 mm long and 0.78 mm wide.

HEAD. Elongate, about 2.38 × as long as wide, 2.07 × as long as pronotum.

ANTENNA. Trimerous, 0.76 mm long, terminal antennomere strongly curved in distal portion.

PRONOTUM. Transverse, 1.60 × as wide as long.

ELYTRA. 1.75 × as wide as long, 1.60 × as long as pronotum; lacking sutural and discal striae; humeri strongly projecting; lateral margin with some stout setae; posterior elytral margin in lateral third with cutout between two teeth, inner one larger, triangular, outer one small.

ABDOMEN. 1.58 × as long as elytra; composite tergite in posterior portion with pair of small, bump-like, widely separated projections.

MESOTIBIA. Simple, distal portion of last tarsomeres with distal, acute lamella.

Sexual dimorphism

Male unknown.

Distribution

Madagascar ( Imerina Plateau).

Remarks

This species belongs to the group of species characterized by having the posterior margin of composite tergite with pair of small, bump-like, wide-distant projections and antennomere 3 in distal portion strongly curved but as long as a male is not found, its further position remains unclear.

Host ant

Paratrechina amblyops rubescens (Forel, 1892) .