Goniusa

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

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List of Goniusa and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Goniusa alperti	Kistner, 1976	Formica obscuripes	California, Colorado, Nebraska, Washington
Goniusa caysei	Gusarov, 2003	Formica integra	Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, District of Colombia, Texas; Canada:Manitoba
Goniusa carrorum	Maruyama and Klimaszewski, 2004	Formica obscuripes	Canada

REFERENCES

• Gusarov, V. 2003. A revision of the genus Goniusa Casey, 1906 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 164: 1-20, 2003.

• Kistner, D. H. (1976) Revision and Reclassification of the Genus Goniusa Casey with a Larval Description and Ant Host Records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Sociobiology, 2(1), 83-95.

• Maruyama, M. & J. Klimaszewski, 2004. A new species of the myrmecophilous genus Goniusa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Canada. Elytra, 32(2): 315-320.