Microtrachelizus montrouzieri Senna, 1903

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 montrouzieri Senna

Microtrachelizus montrouzieri Senna, 1903: 167 . Microtrachelizus laevis Damoiseau, 1987: 56 , new synonym.

Material examined. Holotype M. laevis, Mackay ( SAMA); 1 ex., Australia, Cairns , Qld., Nov.1947, J.G. Brooks ( MNHN); 1 ex., Boar Pkt., N.Q. ( NHM); 1 ex., Whitfield, Cairns, N.Q., 2100', 27.x.71, at light ( NHM); 1 ex., Mt Formartine South, 10 km N Kuranda, N. Qld, 23 Nov. 1990, 700 m, Monteith & Thompson, Pyrethrum trees and logs ( QMB); 1 ex., Argyrodendron actinophyllum Edlin , subtropical rainforest, 27.2–6.3.86, Mt Glorious State Forest, Qld, Y. Basset ( ANIC).

Habitus. Fig. 11 .

Comparison of the holotypes of M. montrouzieri and M. laevis revealed that these two names refer to the same species, and they are therefore here synonymized. This species also occurs in Indonesia (Sforzi & Bartolozzi, 2004).

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.