Higonius (Higonodes) novenarius Damoiseau, 1987

Mantilleri, Antoine, 2011, Revision of the Tribe Microtrachelizini Zimmerman, 1994, from Australia: New Taxa and Records (Insecta: Coleoptera, Brentidae), Records of the Australian Museum 63 (1), pp. 89-98 : 93

Higonius (Higonodes) novenarius Damoiseau

Higonius novenarius Damoiseau, 1987: 48 .

Higonodes novenarius (Damoiseau) : Zimmerman, 1994: 188. Higonius (Higonodes) novenarius Damoiseau : Mantilleri, 2009.

Habitus. Fig. 10 .

As a result of a phylogenetical analysis ( Mantilleri, 2009), the genus Higonodes Zimmerman, 1994 was downgraded to the rank of a subgenus of Higonius . Indeed, characters cited to support the creation of the monotypic genus Higonodes are mainly autapomorphic, without phylogenetic implications. No specimens from Australia could be examined, but the good illustrations in Zimmerman (1994: 185–187) leave no doubt about the occurrence of this species in this country. It also occurs in New Guinea.

Figures

Figs 9–13.Dorsal habitus ofAustralian Microtrachelizini.(9) Araiorrhinus howittii (Pascoe, 1872). (10) Higonius novenarius Damoiseau, 1987.(11) Microtrachelizus montrouzieri Senna, 1903.(12) M.occultus Kleine, 1935. (13) M.queenslandicus Damoiseau, 1987.Scale 1 mm.