Discovery of Chlamydopsinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Histeridae) in Vanuatu with the description of eight new species from Espiritu Santo Island

摘要

The first species of the obligately myrmecophilous and termitophilous subfamilyChlamydopsinae (Coleoptera, Histeridae) from Vanuatu were discovered atthe western slopes of Saratsi Range, Cumberland Peninsula, Espiritu SantoIsland, during the SANTO 2006 biological survey. Eight new species in threegenera were collected by flight intercept traps along the elevation transect from100-900 m above sea level and are described herein: Ceratohister vanuatu n. sp.,Chlamydopsis caterinoi n. sp., Eucurtiopsis corbarai n. sp., E. degallieri n. sp.,E. ibisca n. sp., E. kitchingi n. sp., E. pascali n. sp. and E. penaoru n. sp. Nothingis known about their social insect hosts since limited search in colonies of somecommon ant species did not yield any beetles.