Diplocotidus

There are three species in this myrmecophilous genus of Ptinidae.

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List of Diplocotidus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Diplocotidus endrodyi	Bell & Philips, 2008	ants	South Africa
Diplocotidus formicola	Péringuey, 1899	Lepisiota carbonaria, Anoplolepis custodiens, Anoplolepis steingroeveri	South Africa
Diplocotidus khoisanensis	Bell & Philips, 2008	ants	South Africa

REFERENCES

• Bell and Philips. 2008. A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). African Entomology 16(1):33

• 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.