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Host record of the myrmecophilous carabid genus Cryptocephalomorpha (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pseudomorphinae) with description of a new species from Thailand
Author(s) -
Maruyama Munetoshi,
Komatsu Takashi,
Sakchoowong Watana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12208
Subject(s) - myrmecophily , biology , host (biology) , pheidole , genus , nest (protein structural motif) , hymenoptera , zoology , ecology , ant , biochemistry
Cryptocephalomorpha siamensis sp. nov. is described from Thailand. The type series was collected from a nest of myrmicine ant, Pheidole singaporensis , which is the first exact host record of the genus Cryptocephalomorpha . Collecting circumstances and observed behavior are reported.
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