Nymphister rettenmeyeri

Nymphister rettenmeyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Histeridae
Genus:	Nymphister
Species:	N. rettenmeyeri
Binomial name
Nymphister rettenmeyeri Tishechkin and Mercado Cárdenas, 2012

Distribution

Costa Rica, Panama

Biology

Host ant: Eciton burchellii, Eciton hamatum, Eciton mexicanum

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.

• 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.