Lomechusoides

A myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini: Lomechusina. Lomechusoides is a strictly myrmecophilous genus with symphilic association to ants of the genus Formica Linnaeus, 1758 and more rarely Myrmica Latreille, 1804. For the species associations between Lomechusoides and Formica, see Hlaváč et al. (2011: 13).

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List of Xenodusa and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Lomechusoides amurensis	Wasmann, 1897	ants	Japan
Lomechusoides inflatus	Zetterstedt, 1828	Formica rufa	Finland, Sweden, Russia (European, e Siberia), Armenia, Mongolia
Lomechusoides minor	Reitter, 1887	ants	China, Mongolia
Lomechusoides mongolicus	Wasmann, 1897	ants	China, Mongolia, Russia
Lomechusoides schneideri	Maruyama & Hlaváč, 2004	Myrmica	China
Lomechusoides sibiricus	Motschulsky, 1844	Formica sanguinea	China, Mongolia, Russia
Lomechusoides straneoi	Koch, 1936	Formica cunicularia	Italy
Lomechusoides strumosus	Fiori, 1914	ants	Italy
Lomechusoides teres	Eppelsheim, 1884	Formica sanguinea	Armenia, Georgia, Finland, Sweden, Russia
Lomechusoides throngensis	Sawada, 1994	Formica	Nepal
Lomechusoides turkestanicus	Roubal, 1916	ants	China
Lomechusoides uenoi	Maruyama & Hlaváč, 2004	Formica fusca	China
Lomechusoides wasmanni	Reitter, 1918	Formica sanguinea	Azerbaijan
Lomechusoides zaitzevi	Schilow, 1977	ants	Tajikistan

REFERENCES

• JÁSZAY, T. and Hlavac, J.T. 2013. A taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous genus Lomechusoides tottenham, 1939 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Part I. Redescription of the genus, definition of species groups and the revision of the amurensis Wasmann 1897 species group. Zootaxa.3683:65-81.