Biology:Corotoca

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Corotoca is a genus of termitophilous beetles in the family Staphylinidae, subfamily Aleocharinae, described by the Danish entomologist Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte in 1853, and includes six species[1] from the Neotropical region. It is associated with termites of the genus Constrictotermes. The genus was the first record of insects associated with termites.[2][3]

Species

There are six species assigned to this genus:[4]

Distribution

Species in this genus are variously found in Argentina, Brazil, and Guyana.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Corotoca Schiødte, 1853". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8XKKC. 
  2. ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2018). "New species and synonymy in the genus Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 (Coleoptera, Aleocharinae, Corotocini)". Zootaxa 4434 (3): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313179. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4434.3.9. 
  3. ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2020). "Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution 52 (2): 201–245. doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10005. ISSN 1876-312X. https://brill.com/view/journals/ise/52/2/article-p201_201.xml?srsltid=AfmBOor5MFpJXVuKtlgcX5o87dQ63jRd6u5Icko7IISg2bG4SJN5dc0-. 
  4. ↑ "Corotoca Schiødte, 1853". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4714338. 
  5. ↑ Asenjo, Angélico; Klimaszewski, Jan; Chandler, Donald S.; Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo; Vieira, Juliana S. (2019). "Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution". Zootaxa 4621 (1): 1–406. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716285. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4621.1.1. 
  • Corotoca Ecdysis: Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo

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