A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)

K. L. Bell; T. K. Philips

doi:10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.33

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K. L. Bell,^1,* T. K. Philips¹

¹Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101, U.S.A

^**To whom correspondence should be addressed. Present address: CSIRO Entomology, 120 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, Australia. E-mail: karen.bell@csiro.au

Abstract

The southern African myrmecophilous ptinine genus, Diplocotidus Péringuey, is redescribed, and two new species are described. New species and collection localities increase the known distribution from the Cape region to the Kruger National Park in the east, and central Namibia in the west. There is little doubt that the species are associated with ants in some manner as typified by the trichomes located on the pronota.

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K. L. Bell and T. K. Philips "A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)," African Entomology 16(1), 33-40, (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.33

Accepted: 1 November 2007; Published: 1 March 2008