Termitophya is a genus of small termitophilous beetles of the family Staphylinidae ("rove beetles"), belonging to the order Coleoptera. The genus was described by the Austrian entomologist Erich Wasmann in 1902 and currently includes 11 species recorded from the neotropical region, associated to termites of the genera Anoplotermes and Nasutitermes.Wasmann, E. (1902) Species novae insectorum termitophilorum ex America meridionali. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 45.
Species The following species are assigned to this genus:
Distribution Species in this genus are found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Trinidad & Tobago.
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Further reading
Borgmeier, T. 1950. Bemerkungen zu Dr. Creighton's Werk "The Ants of North America". Revista de Entomologia 21: 381–386. Emerson, A.E. 1935. Termitophile distribution and quantitative characters as indicators of physiological speciation in British Guiana termites (Isoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 28(3): 369–395. doi:10.1093/aesa/28.3.369. Kistner, D.H. 2006. A review of some termitophiles from Peru, Ecuador and some other South American countries (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Sociobiology 47(2A): 581–662. Mann, W.M. 1923. New genera and species of termitophilous Coleoptera from northern South America. Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society 3(17): 323–366. Seevers, C.H. 1937. New species of termitophilous Staphylinidae from tropical America and the Solomon Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 30(1): 1–23. Seevers, C.H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology 40: 1–334. Wasmann, E. 1902. Neues ueber die zusammengestzten Nester und gemischten Kolonien der Ameisen. Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Entomologie 7: 293–298.
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