Chlamydonia

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There are eighteen species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae. The species of Chlamydonia all possess frontal tubercles, in two parallel, longitudinal series, median and lateral paired protuberances at the anterior pronotal margin, epipleural marginal stria doubled above the metathoracic leg, and humeral trichomes that are more or less elongate in orientation. This newly described genus is characterised in greater detail by Caterino (2006).

List of Chlamydonia and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Chlamydonia angulata Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia coutume Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia densa Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia dzumacensis Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia erectipilosa Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia eucurtiopsoides Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia fauveli Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia foveata Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia gomyi Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia inflata Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia punctinota Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia sinuata Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia sol Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia stellata Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia terapoides Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia tjibaoui Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia volans Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia
Chlamydonia wenzeli Caterino, 2006 New Caledonia

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