Microtrachelizus queenslandicus 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 : 98

Microtrachelizus queenslandicus Damoiseau

Microtrachelizus queenslandicus Damoiseau, 1987: 56 . Microtrachelizus species 3 , Zimmerman, 1991: 151; 1994:

195.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, Rocky R., Via Coen, CapeYork Pen., N. Qld, 14–16. xii.1964, G. Monteith ( QMB); 2 ex., 12°44'S 143°14'E, 3 km ENE of Mt Tozer, QLD, 28 Jun–4 Jul 1986, T. Weir & A. Calder ( ANIC and MNHN); 1 ex., 15°47'S 145°14'E, Shiptons Flat , QLD, 17–19 Oct. 1980, T. Weir ( ANIC).

Habitus. Fig. 13 .

Distribution. Only known from Australia.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I am grateful to Dr Rolf Oberprieler ( ANIC) for making the material of Zimmerman’s undescribed species available for study, checking the English text and suggesting many improvements on the manuscript. I also thank Dr Christine Lambkin ( QMB) for the loan of the type of Microtrachelizus queenslandicus, Dr Maxwell Barclay ( NHM), Dr Luca Bartolozzi ( MZUF), Dr Otto Merkl ( HNHM), Dr Roberto Poggi ( MSNG), Drs Chris Reid and David Britton ( AMS) for lending further unidentified specimens and allowing to retain vouchers for the MNHN collection, and Dr Stéphane Boucher ( MNHN) for constructive discussions about the manuscript .

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.