Diplocotes apicalis

Diplocotes apicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Ptinidae
Genus:	Diplocotes
Species:	D. apicalis
Binomial name
Diplocotes apicalis Oke, (1926)

Diagnosis

Antennal segment 9 longer than 8.

Distribution

Australia

Biology

Ant host: Iridomyrmex

REFERENCES

• Lawrence, J.F. and Hans Reichardt. 1969. The myrmecophilous Ptinidae Coleoptera with a key to Australian species, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College,138:1-27.