Hockingia
There are four species in this myrmecophilous genus.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Hockingia curiosa | Selman, 1962 | Camponotus rufoglaucus | Afrotropical |
REFERENCES
- Agrain FA, Buffington ML, Chaboo CS, Chamorro ML, Schöller M. Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). Zookeys. 2015 Dec 17;(547):133-64.
- Selman BJ (1962) Remarkable new chrysomeloids found in the nests of arboreal ants in Tanganyika (Coleoptera: Clytridae and Cryptocephalidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 295–299. doi: 10.1080/00222936208651247
- Selman BJ (1988) Chrysomelids and ants. In: Jolivet PA, Petitpierre E, Hsiao TH (Eds) Biology of Chrysomelidae. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 463–473. doi: 10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_27