A revision of the genus Mecistostethus Marseul (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini) | Zendy

Michael Caterino | Zendy; Alexey K. Tishechkin | Zendy; Nicolas Dégallier | Zendy

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A revision of the genus Mecistostethus Marseul (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini)

Author(s) -

Michael Caterino,

Alexey K. Tishechkin,

Nicolas Dégallier

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.213.3552

Subject(s) - zoology , genus , biology , geography

We revise the genus Mecistostethus Marseul, sinking the monotypic genus Tarsilister Bruch as a junior synonym. Mecistostethus contains six valid species: Mecistostethus pilifer Marseul, Mecistostethus loretoensis (Bruch), comb. n., Mecistostethus seagorumsp. n., Mecistostethus carltonisp. n., Mecistostethus marseulisp. n., and Mecistostethus flechtmannisp. n. The few existing records show the genus to be widespread in tropical and subtropical South America, from northern Argentina to western Amazonian Ecuador and French Guiana. Only a single host record associates one species with the ant Pachycondyla striata Smith (Formicidae: Ponerinae), but it is possible that related ants host all the species.

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