Ecitophya

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  An Ecitophya rove beetle walks along with its Eciton army ant hosts.

There are six species in this myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae beetle.

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List of Ecitophya and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Ecitophya bicolor	Reichensperger, 1933	Eciton burchellii	Peru
Ecitophya consecta	Mann, 1921	Eciton vagans	COSTRA RICA, BRAZIL
Ecitophya gracilima	Mann, 1925	Eciton hamatum	Costa Rica	host specific
Ecitophya rapaxae	Mann, 1926	Eciton rapax	Bolivia, Peru
Ecitophya rettenmeyeri	Kistner & Jacobson, 1990	Eciton lucanoides	Costa Rica
Ecitophya simulans	Wasmann, 1889	Eciton burchellii foreli	Costa Rica	host specific

REFERENCES

• Akre, R.D. 1966. Behavior of Staphylinidae associated with army ants (Formi- cidae: Ecitonini). J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 39: 745-782.
• Kistner, D. & H.Jacobson, 1990. Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the ecitophilous tribe Ecitocharini with studies of their behavior and evolution (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Sociobiology 17(3): 333-465.
• Mann, W. M. Three new myrmecophilous beetles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 59: 547-552. (1921).

• Mann, William M. 1926. New neotropical myrmecophiles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 16(16): 448-455.
• von Beeren, C., A. Bruckner, M. Maruyama, G. Burke, J. Wieschollek, and D. J. C. Kronauer. 2018. Chemical and behavioral integration of army ant-associated rove beetles - a comparison between specialists and generalists. Frontiers in Zoology. 15:15. doi:10.1186/s12983-018-0249-x