Mecistostethus loretoensis

Mecistostethus loretoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Histeridae
Genus:	Mecistostethus
Species:	M. loretoensis
Binomial name
Mecistostethus loretoensis (Bruch, 1932)

Distribution

Argentina, Brazil

Biology

Ant host: Pachycondyla striata

REFERENCES

• Dégallier N, Mazur S, Tishechkin AK, Caterino MS (2012) A revision of the genus Kaszabister Mazur (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini). ZooKeys 199: 71–89. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.3245.

• 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.

• Beeren von, C. & A.K. Tishechkin 2017. Nymphister kronaueri von Beeren & Tishechkin sp. nov., an army ant-associated beetle species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae) with an exceptional mechanism of phoresy. BMC Zoology 2-3.