Ecclisister bickhardti ( Reichensperger, 1923 )

Tishechkin, Alexey K., Kronauer, Daniel J. C. & Beeren, Christoph Von, 2017, Taxonomic Review and Natural History Notes of the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Ecclisister Reichensperger (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 279-288 : 281

Ecclisister bickhardti ( Reichensperger, 1923)

Cyclechinus bickhardti Reichensperger 1923: 248 .

Ecclisister bickhardti: Reichensperger 1935: 203–204 ; Mazur 1984: 304, 1997: 159, 2011: 116; Helava et al. 1985: 324.

Zoobank Identifier. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9F196B10-F503-405E-B28D-C1AB32A23739 .

Type Material Examined. Lectotype (designated by Dégallier (1998), Fig. 1a–f ). A male mounted on a point along with a small E. burchellii worker and labeled “St. Catarina Blumenau / Eciton burchelli / TYPUS / Cyclechinus bickhardti Reichensp. n. sp. / Coll. Reichensperger ” ( FIMAK) . Paralectotypes (designated by Dégallier (1998)). Two females mounted and labeled as lectotype but with “Cotype” instead of “ TYPUS ” and our “ Paralectotype ” instead of “ Lectotype ” labels ( FIMAK) .

Additional Material Examined. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina. One specimen from same locality as of the type series members, 8.vi.[year unknown], with E. burchellii (NMMW) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Ecclisister species. E. bickhardti lectotype: a) dorsal view, b) lateral view, c) ventral view, d) frontal head, e) aedeagus, dorsal view, f) aedeagus, lateral view; E. costaericae lectotype: g) dorsal view, h) lateral view, i) ventral view, j) frontal head, k) aedeagus, dorsal view, l) aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars: a–c, g–i = 1 mm; d and j = 0.2 mm. Dorsal and lateral views of aedeagi are at the same scale.