Biology:Termitophya
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Termitophya is a genus of small termitophilous beetles of the family Staphylinidae ("rove beetles"), belonging to the order Coleoptera. The genus was described by the Austrian entomologist Erich Wasmann in 1902 and currently includes 11 species[1] recorded from the neotropical region, associated to termites of the genera Anoplotermes and Nasutitermes.[2]
Species
The following species are assigned to this genus:[3]
- Termitophya amica Mann, 1923
- Borgmeier, 1950 Seevers, 1937
- Seevers, 1937 Termitophya peruanus
- Termitophya flaviventris Kistner, 2006
- Termitophya ecuadoriensis Mann, 1923
- Seevers, 1937 Termitophya punctata
- Termitophya heyeri Mann, 1923
- Termitophya araujoi Seevers, 1937
- Wasmann, 1902 Termitophya holmgreni
- Termitophya emersoni Wasmann, 1911
- Termitophya piliventris Termitophya inornata
Distribution
Species in this genus are found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Trinidad & Tobago.[4]
References
- ↑ "Termitophya Wasmann, 1902". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8XQ8K.
- ↑ Wasmann, E. (1902) Species novae insectorum termitophilorum ex America meridionali. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 45.
- ↑ "Termitophya Wasmann, 1902". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4714441.
- ↑ 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. PMID 31716285. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4621.1.1.
Further reading
- Borgmeier, T. 1950. Bemerkungen zu Dr. Creighton's Werk "The Ants of North America". Revista de Entomologia 21: 381–386.
- Emerson, A.E. 1935. Termitophile distribution and quantitative characters as indicators of physiological speciation in British Guiana termites (Isoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 28(3): 369–395. doi:10.1093/aesa/28.3.369.
- Kistner, D.H. 2006. A review of some termitophiles from Peru, Ecuador and some other South American countries (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Sociobiology 47(2A): 581–662.
- Mann, W.M. 1923. New genera and species of termitophilous Coleoptera from northern South America. Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society 3(17): 323–366.
- 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): 1–23.
- Seevers, C.H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology 40: 1–334.
- Wasmann, E. 1902. Neues ueber die zusammengestzten Nester und gemischten Kolonien der Ameisen. Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Entomologie 7: 293–298.
External links
Data related to Termitophya at Wikispecies- Occurrences on Ecdysis
Wikidata ☰ Q78351770 entry
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