Apoderiger cervinus Wasmann 1897

Apoderiger cervinus Wasmann, 1897 Fig. 5 Apoderiger cervinus Wasmann, 1897: 264. Type locality: Annanarivo in der Provinz Imerina [Antananarivo, province Imerina]. Types: 5 syntype specimens should be deposited in MNHN (Jeannel 1954: 313). Apoderiger cervinus – Jeannel 1954: 313 (redescription, habitus, aedeagus); 1960: 203 (diagnosis, distribution, host ants). — Célis 1970: 248 (redescription). Diagnosis Last antennomere strongly curved in distal portion; composite tergite in posterior portion with pair of small, bump-like, widely separated projections; mesotibia simple; distal portion of last tarsomere with distal, acute lamella. Type material Lectotype (here designated) MADAGASCAR • ♀; seven labels “Madagascar/ (Sikora)” [white, handwritten] //“TYPE” [red, printed] //“♀” [white, printed] // “ Apoderiger / cervinus Wasm. / n. g. n. sp. Type” [white, handwritten] // “MUSÉUM PARIS /1952 / COLL. R. OBERTHÜR ” [blue, printed] // “ Apoderiger / cervinus Wasm / Cl. Besuchet / dét 2007” [white, printed and handwritten] // “LECTOTYPE / APODERIGER / cervinus WASMANN / P. Hlaváč des., 2023” [red, printed]; MNHN. Description BODY. Yellowish-brown, less elongated, about 2.2 × as long as wide; body 1.73 mm long and 0.78 mm wide. HEAD. Elongate, about 2.38 × as long as wide, 2.07 × as long as pronotum. ANTENNA. Trimerous, 0.76 mm long, terminal antennomere strongly curved in distal portion. PRONOTUM. Transverse, 1.60 × as wide as long. ELYTRA. 1.75 × as wide as long, 1.60 × as long as pronotum; lacking sutural and discal striae; humeri strongly projecting; lateral margin with some stout setae; posterior elytral margin in lateral third with cutout between two teeth, inner one larger, triangular, outer one small. ABDOMEN. 1.58 × as long as elytra; composite tergite in posterior portion with pair of small, bump-like, widely separated projections. MESOTIBIA. Simple, distal portion of last tarsomeres with distal, acute lamella. Sexual dimorphism Male unknown. Distribution Madagascar (Imerina Plateau). Remarks This species belongs to the group of species characterized by having the posterior margin of composite tergite with pair of small, bump-like, wide-distant projections and antennomere 3 in distal portion strongly curved but as long as a male is not found, its further position remains unclear. Host ant Paratrechina amblyops rubescens (Forel, 1892).