クロチビハナケシキスイ
Amartus (Heterhelus) morio Reitter, 1878: 166. Type locality: Japonia [= Japan]. Lectotype designated by Kirejtshuk, 1989: 146. Heterhelus morio: Reitter, 1884: 258 [in key]; 1885: 104 [list]; Grouvelle, 1913: 15 [catalogue]; Hisamatsu, 1985: 17 7, pl. 28, fi g. 3 [note, photo]. Heterhelus scutellaris: Kirejtshuk, 1989: 146 (partim) [note]; 1992: 214 (partim) [in key].
Heterhelus (Heterhelus) morio: S-T. Hisamatsu, 2011: 567, figs. 2A-B, 7 [redescription, figure].
体長1.8–2.5 mm.体色は♂♀とも常に黒色.触角の球桿部は2節.♂の第7腹板の中央部に毛束を持つ.
ニワトコSambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara (スイカズラ科/Caprifoliaceae) の花に集まる.
日本固有種.同じくニワトコの花に集まるキイロチビ花ケシキスイと同所的に採集されることもある.
Palaearctic Region: Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
Hisamatsu, S-T. (2011) A review of the Japanese Kateretidae fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51(2), 551-585.
Jelinek, J. & Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. Pp. 459–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 935 pp.
Hisamatsu, S-T. (2011) A review of the Japanese Kateretidae fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51(2), 551-585.
斎藤修司(2017)福島県のヒゲボソケシキスイ科およびケシキスイ科の現状, InsecTOHOKU, 41: 2-15.
下山健作(1971)青森県のケシキスイムシ科.昆虫学評論,23(1): 45-58.