Tk. Philips, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF PUTATIVELY MYRMECOPHILOUS PTININE - COLEOAETHES TETRALOBUS (COLEOPTERA, ANOBIIDAE, PTININAE), The Pan-Pacific entomologist, 74(2), 1998, pp. 113-117
Coleoaethes tetralobus NEW GENUS, NEW SPECIES, from Panama, is describ
ed. It is the third myrmecophilous genus of ptinine known from the New
World. It is characterized by four lobes near the elytral apices, eac
h with patches of brush like setae or trichomes. The relationship of C
oleoaethes tetralobus to other ptinines, its morphological features as
sociated with myrmecophily, and the diversity and distribution of myrm
ecophilous ptinines are briefly discussed.