no. S625 LIBERIAN STREPSIPTERA — FOX 6 



Hind wing: With 6 main veins, seen clearly in fluid inspection, and 

 barely distinguishable detached vein between R and M; JV^ about 

 one-fourth length of M 2 . 



Hindleg: Femur not distinguishable, tibia slender, first subsegment 

 of tarsus much shorter than terminal three. 



Aedeagus: With thick base narrowing to single apical hook that 

 has a slight projection on dorsal side. 



Abdominal segment x: Almost square. 



Female, larva, and host unknown. 



Holotype male: Suakoko, Liberia, light trap, February 1952, 

 Blickenstaff, USNM type no. 69561. 



Figure 1-6. — Myrmecolax blickenstaffi, new species: 1, body and antenna in dorsal aspect; 

 2, right hindwing; 3, mandible; 4, maxillary palpus; 5, aedeagus, lateral view; 6, hindleg, 

 showing tarsus and part of tibia. (Figs. 3-6 use 0.2 mm scale.) 



Discussion: M. blickenstaffi can be distinguished easily from other 

 Africian species of Myrmecolax by venation, having only a single, 

 indistinct detached vein instead of two clear ones. In this respect, 

 it is more similar to the species described by Luna de Carvalho under 

 Caenocholax Pierce, but the shape of the aedeagus is distinctively 

 different as is that of abdominal segment x. 



Myrmecolax liberiensis, new species 



Figures 7-13 



Male: Body dark brown, 1.4 mm long; median breadth of hindwing 

 1.4 mm; wingspread 3.2 mm. 



