Biology:Abroteles

Abroteles is a genus of small termitophilous beetles of the family Staphylinidae ("rove beetles"), belonging to the order Coleoptera. The genus was described by American entomologist, Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. in 1890 and currently includes nine species recorded from the neotropical region.

Species

The following species are assigned to this genus:

• Abroteles badia Seevers, 1957
• Casey, 1890 Borgmeier, 1950
• Seevers, 1946 Abroteles setulosus
• Abroteles lobata Fontes, 1978
• Abroteles bisetosus Seevers, 1957
• Abroteles philetaerus Abroteles beaumonti
• Seevers, 1937 (Silvestri, 1901)
• Abroteles pubicollis Abroteles compacticornis
• Seevers, 1957 Abroteles rurrenabaquensis

Further reading

• Borgmeier, T. (1950). Neue Gattungen und Arten termitophiler Staphyliniden aus Brasilien, nebst einem Katalog aller bisher aus der neotropischen Region beschriebenen Arten (Col. Staph.). Revista de Entomologia, 21: 625–676.
• Casey, T. L. (1890). "Contributions to the American termitophilous fauna". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 5: 186–198.
• Fenyes, A. (1918–1921). Coleoptera. Family Staphylinidae, subfamily Aleocharinae. Genera Insectorum, 173A–C: 1–453.
• Fontes, L. (1978). "Notes on the termitophilous subtribe Abrotelina. The genus Abroteles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Corotocini)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 32: 101–105. doi:10.11606/0031-1049.1978.32.p101-105.
• Kistner, D. H.; Jacobson, H. R. (1976). "New species and new records of termitophilous species from Central America and Mexico with descriptions of behavior, related glands and ultrastructure (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Sociobiology, 2 (1): 1–76.
• Seevers, C. H. (1937). "New species of termitophilous Staphylinidae from tropical America and the Solomon Islands". Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 30: 1–23.
• Seevers, C. H. (1946). "New aleocharine beetles from Central and South American termite nests". Revista de Entomologia, 17: 247–265.
• Seevers, C. H. (1957). A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology, 40: 1–334.
• Silvestri, P. (1901). "Descrizione di nuovi Termitofili e relazioni di essi con gli ospiti". Bollettino del Museo di Zoologia di Torino, 16 (398): 1–24.
• Silvestri, P. (1903). Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Termitidi e Termitofili dell'America meridionale. Redia, 1: 1–234.

External links

• Occurrences on Ecdysis

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