A New Species of Atheta (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Sri Lanka found with Termites (Isptera: Termitidae)

Authors

  • David H. Kistner State University of California, Chico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v59i4.507

Keywords:

Atheta dominguezae, Hospitalitermes monoceros, termitariophiles, Sri Lanka

Abstract

Atheta dominguezae (Coleoptera) is described from SR I lANKA where it is found with Hospitalitermes monocerus (Isoptera). Behavioral observations indicate that the beetles are termitariophiles. What is novel about this ttermitariophile is that this species was found to live in this same nest over a period of 13 years .

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References

Araujo, Renato L. 1970. Termites of the Neotropical Region. Chapter 12 in Biology of Termites, Edited by Kumar Krishna and Frances M. Weesner, Academic Press, New York & Lon1951on, pp. 527-576.

Blackwelder,Richard E.1952.The generic names of the beetle family Staphykinidaee with an essay on genotype. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin 200, pp 1-483.

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Published

2014-08-26

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Kistner, D. H. (2014). A New Species of Atheta (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Sri Lanka found with Termites (Isptera: Termitidae). Sociobiology, 59(4), 1563–1570. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v59i4.507

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Vol. 59 No. 4 (2012)

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