Ptinus hispaniolaensis

Ptinus hispaniolaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Ptinidae
Genus:	Ptinus
Species:	P. hispaniolaensis
Binomial name
Ptinus hispaniolaensis Philips & Smiley, 2010

Distribution

Dominican Republic

Biology

Ant hosts: Iridomyrmex conifer, Rhytidoponera metallica

REFERENCES

• Bell and Philips. 2008. A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). African Entomology 16(1):33

• Lawrence, J.F. and Hans Reichardt. 1969. The myrmecophilous Ptinidae Coleoptera with a key to Australian species, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College,138:1-27.