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Issue: Vol. 3796 No. 2: 19 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.8
Page range: 361–373
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 14

Myrmecophilous rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus hodgsoni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand, with description of two new genera and three new species

The Kyushu University Museum, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tarumi, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
Forest Entomology and Microbiology Group, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, 61 Paholyothin Road, Jatujak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Aleocharinae Aenictoteratini Lomechusini Pygostenini Aenictoxenus Aenictophila systematic position Khao Yai National Park

Abstract

Three species of rove beetles (subfamily Aleocharinae) were collected from colonies of Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. They are classified into three genera, including two new genera, and described herein as: Aenictobia siamensis Maruyama, sp. n. (tribe Aenictoteratini), Aenictosymbia cornuta Maruyama, gen. & sp. n. (tribe Lomechusini) and Aenictoxenides mirabilis Maruyama, gen. & sp. n. (tribe Pygostenini). The systematic positions of the new genera are discussed.