Philomessor (Attumbrinus) henroti Růžička, 1996

Vávra, Jiří Ch., 2015, Review of the subgenus Attumbrinus (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Philomessor), with description of Philomessor lackneri sp. nov. from Morocco, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 85-103 : 102

Philomessor (Attumbrinus) henroti Růžička, 1996

( Figs 32 , 39, 40 , 59 )

Philomessor henroti Růžička, 1996: 624 .

Type locality. ‘Steppen bei Chichaoua, Marokko’ [ Morocco, Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Chichaoua].

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 32 ): J ( MNHN), ‘Steppen bei Chichaoua / Marokko, lg. H. Franz [printed] / Sp 927 [underside of the label, handwritten] // MUSEUM PARIS [printed] / coll. / H. Henrot [handwritten by Henrot] // Philomessor / Franzi [handwritten over habitus sketch in red ink and text Attumbrinus sp. nov. – all probably by Henroťs manuscriptum] // Philomessor (Attumbrinus) / henroti sp. n. J / HOLOTYPUS / Jan Růžička det. 1995 [red label, printed]’.

Notes. This species is known only from the type specimen, described and figured by RŮŽIČKA (1996). Photographs of the whole habitus ( Fig. 32 ), posterior pronotal corners ( Fig. 40 ) and the pubescence of elytra ( Fig. 39 ) are supplemented here.

Biology. Unknown. According to the personal communication of the collector Herbert Franz (Mödling, Austria) RŮŽIČKA (1996) wrote that the type specimen was collected west of Chichaoua on 13.iv.1963 under a stone in the steppe and supposed that, like all his congeners, it is also a myrmecophilous species.

Distribution. Morocco: Chichaoua ( Fig. 59 ).

Figures

Figs 30–32. General habitus of types with original labels, males. 30 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) cloueti (Portevin, 1907), holotype; 31 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936, lectotype; 32 – P. (A.) henroti Růžička, 1996, holotype. An asterisk ‘*’ denotes upper and under side of the same label.

Figs 33–40. 33, 35, 37, 39 – punctation of elytron in dorsal view, males; 34, 36, 38 – pubescence of elytron in lateral view, males; 40 – posterior margin of pronotum in posterolateral view, male. 33, 34 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (PT, Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 35, 36 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 37, 38 – P. (A.) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (Kairous, Algeria); 39, 40 – P. (A.) henroti Růžička, 1996 (HT).

Fig. 59. Distribution of Philomessor (Attumbrinus) Jeannel, 1936 in the northwest of Africa.