no. 3625 LIBERIAN STREPSIPTERA — FOX 13 



This species is named in honor of the late Dr. George Harley, who 

 gave over 30 years of dedicated service to Liberia as a medical mis- 

 sionary in Ganta. 



Key to Males of Known Liberian Strepsiptera 



(Detached vein is used in the same sense as inter-radio-medial vein of some 



authors) 



1. Antenna 7-segmented with 3rd and 4th flabellate; tarsus with 5 segments 



and post-tarsal claws (Mengeidae) Triozocera maxi 



Antenna 7-segmented with only 3rd flabellate; tarsus with 4 segments and 

 no claws 2 



2. Hindwing without detached veins (Caenocholax) 3 



Hindwing with 1 or more detached veins (Myrmecolax) 4 



3. Hindwing with 2 anal veins; aedeagus with prolonged bulbous base and sharp 



apical dorsal process; mandible sabre shaped Caenocholax bassa 



Hindwing with 1 anal vein; aedeagus narrow for most of its length and having 

 acutely pointed dorsal and ventral processes at apex; mandible evenly 

 tapered to tip C. harleyi 



4. Hindwing with 7 main veins plus 2 detached veins 5 



Hindwing with 6 main veins plus either 1 or 2 detached veins 6 



5. Hindwing with M! less than one-half length of M 2 (2:5) ; aedeagus with acutely 



slanted apex, sharply pointed dorsal process, and slightly angular ventral 



projection; segment x tapered Myrmecolax lunai 



Hindwing with M! more than one-half length of M 2 ; aedeagus narrow with 

 dorsal apical process not acutely pointed; segment x rectangular. 



M. parva 



6. Hindwing with single detached vein; flabellum of antennal segment in 



reaching one-third length of vn M. blickenstaffi 



Hindwing with 2 detached veins; flabellum of antennal segment in just 

 reaching tip of vi 7 



7. Proximal third of aedeagus wide, distal two-thirds strongly tapered; tip of 



prescutum not reaching beyond anterior margins of scuti . . . M. kpelle 



Aedeagus slender, of nearly even width, slightly tapered; tip of prescutum 



reaching beyond anterior margins of scuti 8 



8. Apical tip of aedeagus with slender dorsal process sharply pointed and curved 



on inner margin, ventral process short and angular; R with furca. 



M. mano 



Apical tip of aedeagus with dorsal process broad but pointed, ventral process 



rounded; R without furca M. liberiensis 



References 



BOHAET, R. M. 



1936. Preliminary study of the genus Stylops in California, pt. 1. Pan- 



Pacific Ent., vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 9-18. 



1937. A preliminary study of the genus Stylops in California, pt. 2. Pan- 



Pacific Ent., vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 49-67. 

 1941. Revision of the Strepsiptera with special reference to the species of 



North America. Univ. California Publ. Ent., vol. 7, pp. 91-160. 

 1951. The Myrmecolicidae of the Philippines. Wasman Journ. Biol., 



vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 83-103. 



