Cachexia

There are three species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae.

List of Cachexia and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Cachexia guyanense	Dégallier, 2004	ants	SOUTH AMERICA
Cachexia puberula	Lewis, 1888	ants	NICARAGUA
Cachexia reburra	(Helava, 1985)	ants	PANAMA, COLOMBIA, PERU

REFERENCES

• Dégallier, N. (2004) Coleoptera Histeridae de Guyane française. IV. Myrmécophiles et termitophiles de la sous-famille de Hetaeriinae: notes techniques, faunistiques et taxonomiques. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 109 (3).

• Helava, J.V.T. (1985) In: Helava, J. V. T., H. F. Howden & A. J. Ritchie. A review of the New World genera of the myrmecophilous and termitophilous subfamily Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Sociobiology, 10 (2).

• Lewis, G. (1888) Fam. Histeridae, pp. 182-244, pls. 4-8. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. 2 (1). Taylor & Francis, London. xii + 717 pp., 19 pls.