Corotoca
| Corotoca | |
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| Corotoca melantho, lateral view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subtribe: | Corotocina |
| Genus: | Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 |
Corotoca is a genus of termitophilous beetles in the family Staphylinidae, subfamily Aleocharinae, described by the Danish entomologist Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte in 1853, and includes six species[1] from the Neotropical region. It is associated with termites of the genus Constrictotermes. The genus was the first record of insects associated with termites.[2][3]
Species
[edit]There are six species assigned to this genus:[4]
- Corotoca araujoi Seevers, 1957
- Corotoca fontesi Zilberman, 2018
- Corotoca hitchensi Zilberman, 2020
- Corotoca melantho Schiødte, 1853
- Corotoca phylo Schiødte, 1853
- Corotoca pseudomelantho Zilberman, 2020
Distribution
[edit]Species in this genus are variously found in Argentina, Brazil, and Guyana.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Corotoca Schiødte, 1853". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
- ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2018). "New species and synonymy in the genus Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 (Coleoptera, Aleocharinae, Corotocini)". Zootaxa. 4434 (3): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313179.
- ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2020). "Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 52 (2): 201–245. doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10005. ISSN 1876-312X.
- ↑ "Corotoca Schiødte, 1853". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Asenjo, Angélico; Klimaszewski, Jan; Chandler, Donald S.; Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo; Vieira, Juliana S. (2019). "Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution". Zootaxa. 4621 (1): 1–406. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716285.
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