Ecclisister
There are two species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution |
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Ecclisister bickhardti | Reichensperger, 1923 | Eciton | Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, and Brazil |
Ecclisister costaericae | Reichensperger, 1935 | Eciton burchellii | Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, and Brazil |
REFERENCES
- Marseul, S. A. de. 1857. Essai monographique sur la famille des Histérides (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Séries 1-6 sér.3:t.5 : 397-516.
- Reichensperger A. Neue Beiträge zur Artenkenntnis und zur Lebensweise myrmekophiler Histeriden. Verh d III int Kongr Ent (Zürich). 1926;2:184–203.
- Alexey K. Tishechkin, Daniel J. C. Kronauer, and Christoph Von Beeren "Taxonomic Review and Natural History Notes of the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Ecclisister Reichensperger (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2), 279-288, (27 June 2017).