Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 (Coleoptera) of the Solomon Archipelago with notes on some Indo-Pacific Sapintus Casey, 1895 Author Telnov, Dmitry Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW 7 5 BD London, United Kingdom; & Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV- 5401 Daugavpils, Latvia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-11 5507 1 79 103 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.3 1175-5326 13747642 C54A5A42-5AE5-49CC-B73A-EE8D598863DC Macratria areare Telnov, 2011 ( Figs 10 , 15 ) Telnov (2011a: 112 , 270, 271, 279, pl. 17 figs 11‒12) original description, key, ecology, checklist, figures. Type material. BMNH . New material examined. 1 specimen BMNH ; 2157 // SOLOMON IS. Guadalcanal KauKau 20.viii.1934 R A Lever // Pres by Com Inst Ent B M 1967-3 ; 1 specimen BMNH : 3163 // SOLOMON IS. Guadalcanal Lavoro H. T . Pagden 3. ix. 1934 Wila fig. // Pres by Com Inst Ent B M 1967-3 ; 17♂ ♀ BMNH : SOLOMON ISLANDS , Choiseul Is. , Sasamugga area , Vanami vill. NE env. Vavudu stream valley, 7°01’46”S 156°45’55”E , 26–30.iv.2023 , 20–25 m , disturbed lowland rainforest on basalt, riverside, underside of Ficus sp. leaves, leg. D.Telnov ; 14♂ ♀ BMNH : SOLOMON ISLANDS , Choiseul ( Lauru ) Is. , Kolombangara River valley , along Bislata stream, 1 km around 6°59’34”S 156°46’33”E , 28.iv.2023 , 40–60 m , primary lowland rainforest, leg. D.Telnov ; 1♂ BMNH : SOLOMON ISLANDS , Guadalcanal Is. , Honiara ~ 13 km WNW, 9°23’0”S 159°51’18”E , 6.v. 2023 , 20 m, secondary vegetation at riverside, leg. D.Telnov. FIGURE 10. Aedeagus of Macratria areare Telnov, 2011 , specimen from Choiseul Island, Kolombangara River. A–General view; B–Apex of the apicale [not to scale]. First record from Choiseul Province and Choiseul Island, first record of the family Anthicidae for Choiseul Island. Ecology. Specimens observed accumulated in considerable numbers on the underside of leaves of young Ficus sp. and other riverside vegetation in shady conditions in primary and disturbed lowland rainforest. Specimens were active at midday time, actively flying and escaping the collector’s net and exhauster. Distribution. Endemic to the Solomon Islands and most widely distributed across the archipelago. Yet recorded from Choiseul , Guadalcanal , Malaita , and Santa Isabel ( Fig. 15 ). ‘Kaukau’ on some labels to be read Kaoka. Morphology. The figures of male aedeagus as provided in the original description are suboptimal. Additional illustration is therefore provided herein ( Fig. 10 ).