DESCRIPTIONS OF MICROMYRMEX-DARLINGTONI, N. SP., FROM JAMAICA AND MICROMYRMEX-SPATULATA, N. SP., FROM HISPANIOLA (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE, OTIDOCEPHALINI)
Ds. Sikes et Ma. Ivie, DESCRIPTIONS OF MICROMYRMEX-DARLINGTONI, N. SP., FROM JAMAICA AND MICROMYRMEX-SPATULATA, N. SP., FROM HISPANIOLA (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE, OTIDOCEPHALINI), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 100(1), 1998, pp. 154-159
Micromyrmex darlingtoni, n. sp. from Jamaica and possibly from Haiti,
and Micromyrmex spatulata, n. sp. from the Dominican Republic, are des
cribed and illustrated. This represents the first record of the tribe
Otidocephalini from Jamaica. Micromyrmex darlingtoni is distinguished
from other described Micromyrmex by the orange-red elytra that contras
t with the shining, black body. All other described Micromyrmex have b
lack elytra. Micromyrmex spatulata is distinguished by the presence of
spatulate setae on the elytra, which are lacking in all other describ
ed Micromyrmex.