Cossyphodinus

This is a myrmecophilous genus of Tenebrionidae with twelve species. All are inquilines in the nests of ants.

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List of Cossyphodinus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Cossyphodinus basilewsky	Ferrer, 1993	ants	Zambia
Cossyphodinus beccarii	(Gestro, 1872)	ants	Ethopia
Cossyphodinus bremeri	Ferrer, 1993	Messor ferreri	Kenya
Cossyphodinus bukavuensis	Basilewsky, 1950	ants	Congo
Cossyphodinus decimcarinatus	(Ferrer, 1990)	ants	Kenya
Cossyphodinus georgeni	Robiche, 2005	ants	Benin
Cossyphodinus indicus	Wasmann, 1899	ants	India
Cossyphodinus joannae	Basilewski, 1960	ants	Tanzania
Cossyphodinus katanganus	Basilewsky, 1950	ants	Congo
Cossyphodinus leleupi	Basilewsky, 1950	ants	Congo
Cossyphodinus makuguensis	Basilewsky, 1952	ants	Congo
Cossyphodinus robichei	Ferrer, 2006	ants	Mozambique

REFERENCES

• Basilewsky, P. (1950b) Nouveaux Cossyphodides du Congo belge (Col. Cossyphodidae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 43, 240–243.

• Basilewsky, P. (1952) Les Cossyphodidae de l'Afrique Noire (Coleoptera Heteromeroidea Tenebrionaria). Publicacoes culturais/Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), 14, 7–16.

• Basilewsky, P. (1960) Mission zoologique de l'I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup, 1957). XVIII. Coleoptera Cossyphodidae. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge Tervuren (Sciences Zoologiques), 81, 317–318.

• Collingwood, C. A. 1993a. Description of the host ant of Cossyphodinus bremeri Ferrer sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pp. 229-231 in: Ferrer, J., Collingwood, C. A. New species of |Cossyphodinus| from Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of the host ant |Messor ferreri| sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomofauna 14:221-232. (page 229, Figs. 13-15 worker described)

• Ferrer, J. 1990. Una nueva especie de Cossyphodes de Kenya. Nouv. Rev. d'Ent. 7(2):215-218.

• Ferrer, J. (2006) Tenebrionidos nuevos o interesantes de Mozambique, colectados por Gianfranco Curletti (1996, 1999) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Rivista Piemontese di Storia Naturale, 27, 275–308.

• Ferrer, J. & Collingwood, C. A. (1993) New species of Cossyphodinae from Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of the host ant Messor ferreri sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomofauna, 14, 221–232.

• Gestro, R. (1874) Diagnose d'un Coléoptère nouveau de la famille des Colydiens. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques, 1, 443.

• Robiche, G. (2005) Première observation du genre Cossyphodinus Wasmann en Afrique occidentale et déscription d'une nouvelle espèce de la republique du Benin (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Cossyphodinae). Lambillionea, 105, 223–226.

• Schawaller, Wolfgang (2013): Cossyphodini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) in South Africa, Namibia and adjacent regions: New species and records, key to genera, and Old World species catalogue. Zootaxa 3721 (4): 351-364, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3721.4.3.

• Wasmann, E. (1899) Neue Termitophilen und Myrmecophilen aus Indien. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1899, 145–169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48018990135