Abstract
Heissocteus ernsti was described from Zambia (Lis 2006) as a genus and species new to science. Despite the fact that its description was based on a single female, the morphological characters could place the new taxon close to Cephalocteus Dufour, theonly genus of the tribe Cephalocteini (Cydnidae: Cephalocteinae) known at then (Lis 1999). Browsing through the burrower-bug material from Namibia (received several years ago for identification from the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat inBerlin, Germany), I found a single male of H. ernstii; its description is presented below.
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