ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ABOUT TRICHOTOBIA-GRACILIS (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE, ALEOCHARINAE)

Trichotobia gracilis was described by Kistner et al. (1997) from a spe cimen which was missing the posterior end of the abdomen. The genus wa s placed in the subtribe Aenictobiina of the tribe Lomechusini, I woul d not ordinarily describe a new genus and species from a defective spe cimen, but an exception was made because the species contained trichom es on the abdomen, a condition which is truly exceptional among army a nt guests. Since then an additional 3 specimens were captured at the t ype locality, and from the same host by Ulrich Maschwitz, This additio nal series permits the description of the missing parts.