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Kaszabister ferrugineus
| Kaszabister ferrugineus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Histeridae |
| Genus: | Kaszabister |
| Species: | K. ferrugineus |
| Binomial name | |
| Kaszabister ferrugineus (Kirsch, 1873) | |
Diagnosis
Frontal stria straight to evenly arcuate across front, not descending onto epistoma; fourth dorsal elytral stria complete and arched to suture; inner subhumeral elytral stria present in apical two-thirds; fifth elytral stria variable, from absent to present in apical one-half; sutural stria present in apical half; elytral ground punctures sparser and markedly reduced laterad fourth elytral stria; mesometaventral stria arched forward to about one-third from mesoventral margin; lateral metaventral stria reaching mesometaventral margin, nearly or fully meeting mesometaventral stria and postmesocoxal stria; inner postmetacoxal striae not forming a complete arc across anterior margin of abdominal ventrite 1, ending close to metacoxa; abdominal ventrites 2–4 with apical marginal stria; aedeagus rather short, parallel-sided, with apex subtruncate.
Description
Distribution
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Biology
Host ant: Solenopsis saevissima
REFERENCES
- Helava, J.V. T., H.F. Howden, and A.J. Ritchie. 1985. A review of the New World genera of the myrmecophilous and termitophilous subfamily Hetaeriinae. Sociobiology 10: 127-386.