A NEW GENUS AND 2 NEW SPECIES OF NEOTROPICAL RHIZOPHAGIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM TRIGONA (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) NESTS, WITH A REVIEW OF RHIZOPHAGID BIOLOGY

Authors
PAKALUK J SLIPINSKI SA
Citation
J. Pakaluk et Sa. Slipinski, A NEW GENUS AND 2 NEW SPECIES OF NEOTROPICAL RHIZOPHAGIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM TRIGONA (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) NESTS, WITH A REVIEW OF RHIZOPHAGID BIOLOGY, The Coleopterists bulletin, 47(4), 1993, pp. 349-358
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Coleopterists bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0010065X
Volume
47
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
349 - 358
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-065X(1993)47:4<349:ANGA2N>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A new genus of neotropical Rhizophagidae, Crowsonius, contains two new species, Crowsonius meliponae and C. similis, known from Costa Rica a nd Brazil respectively. Both species have been collected from Trigona nests. These beetles are wingless with extremely reduced eyes suggesti ng they are true melittophiles rather than accidental associates. The genus and its species are described and useful taxonomic structures ar e illustrated. A review of the biology of Rhizophagidae is included.