Proceedings of /^ 



(i 



the United States (|l 

 National Museum "^vcr^ 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON. D.C. 



Volume 124 1967 Number 3625 



Liberian Strepsiptera 

 in the Smithsonian Collection 



with Descriptions of 

 Seven New Myrmecolicidae 1 



By Jean Walker Fox 



The Strepsiptera taken in a light trap by Dr. C. C. BlickenstafT 

 in Suakoko, Liberia, February 1952, were submitted to me at the 

 Carnegie Museum (CM) for identification by Mr. O. L. Cartwright, 

 Curator, Division of Coleoptera, United States National Museum 

 (USNM) . I owe him thanks for the opportunity to study this interest- 

 ing collection. The 29 specimens are all Myrmecolicidae, including 7 

 new and 1 previously known species. 



Since this material had been stored in alcohol in a small vial for 

 about 14 years, it proved somewhat difficult to mount on slides 

 satisfactorily. I take this opportunity to urge those who collect 

 Strepsiptera to add a small amount of glycerin to the alcohol and to 

 avoid putting cotton in the vials. Before being mounted, all the 

 material was examined under magnification ranging from X 10 to 

 X 80. Some of the measurements and characters used in the following 

 descriptions were observed in fluid but did not show up clearly after 



1 Research suppoited by National Science Foundation Grant G-2928. 



2 Research Assistant, Section of Insects and Spiders, Carnegie Museum, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. 



1 



