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Issue: Vol. 5590 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.4
Page range: 85-100
Abstract views: 122
PDF downloaded: 8

Macrotrichurus granzottorum, a new species of termitophilous rove beetle from Brazil (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Termitonannini)

Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; LEBIOP—Laboratório de Estudo da Biodiversidade de Panarthropoda. Coordenação de Zoologia. Av. Perimetral; 1901; 66077- 830; Belém; Pará; Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Paraná; LaPCol—Laboratório de Pesquisa em Coleoptera; Palotina; Paraná; Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática; Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade; LaC—Laboratório de Coleoptera; Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo; 04263-000; São Paulo; Brazil.
Coleoptera description Neotropical taxonomy termite termitophile

Abstract

The genus Macrotrichurus Silvestri (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Termitonannini) is composed of two species that are associated with termite nests of the genera Anoplotermes Müller, Cornitermes Wasmann and Orthognathotermes Holmgren, from southeastern Brazil. In this paper, we describe Macrotrichurus granzottorum Da-Silva, Caron & Moreno sp. nov., from southwestern Brazil from nests of Patawatermes turricula (Silvestri), representing a novel host record for the genus. Additionally, we provide an updated taxonomic key for Macrotrichurus species, a revised diagnosis for the genus, notes on behavior, and discussion about hosts. This research extends the known distribution of the genus to the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

 

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