Mesynodites

There are nine species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae.

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List of Mesynodites and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Mesynodites aciculatus	(Schmidt, 1893)	ants	Paraguay
Mesynodites affinis	Reichensperger, 1931	ants	Brazil
Mesynodites attaphilus	Bruch, 1933	Atta sexdens	Argentina, Brazil
Mesynodites degallieri	Tishechkin, 2007	ants	South America
Mesynodites drakei	(Schmidt, 1893	ants	South America
Mesynodites intermedius	Reichensperger, 1935	ants	South America
Mesynodites schuppii	(Schmidt, 1893	ants	South America
Mesynodites sodalis	(Reichensperger, 1924)	ants	South America
Mesynodites virgatus	Reichensperger, 1931	ants	South America

REFERENCES

• Bruch, C. (1933) Coleópteros mirmecófilos de Misiones (Staph. Pselaph. Hister.). Revista de Entomologia, 3 (1).

• Caterino, M.S., Alexey K. Tishechkin og Nicolas Dégallier (2012) A revision of the genus Mecistostethus Marseul (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini). ZooKeys 213: 63-78

• Kanaar, P. (1997). A new species of Coelocraera (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Ruanda. Zoologische Mededelingen, 71(12), 105–108.

• Marseul, S. A. de. 1857. Essai monographique sur la famille des Histérides (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Séries 1-6 sér.3:t.5 : 397-516.

• Reichensperger A. Neue Beiträge zur Artenkenntnis und zur Lebensweise myrmekophiler Histeriden. Verh d III int Kongr Ent (Zürich). 1926;2:184–203.

• Reichensperger, A. (1931) Die Wirte der Mesynodites-Gruppe nebst Beschreibung neuer ecitophiler und termitophiler Histeridenarten (Coleopt. Hist.). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 61.

• Schmidt, J. (1893) Myrmecophile Histeriden aus Amerika. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1893 (1).

• Tishechkin, Alexey K., 2007: Phylogenetic Revision of the Genus Mesynodites (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Hetaeriinae) with Descriptions of New Tribes, Genera and Species. Sociobiology, vol. 49, no. 1. 1-167.

• Tishechkin, A., Daniel J. C. Kronauer, and Christoph Von Beeren "Taxonomic Review and Natural History Notes of the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Ecclisister Reichensperger (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2), 279-288, (27 June 2017).