Dacoderus

There are seven species in this possibly myrmecophilous genus of Salpingidae. Dacoderus certainly exhibits a number of characters associated with myrmecophiles.

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List of Dacoderus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Dacoderus acanthomma	Blair, 1918	host unknown	Costa Rica
Dacoderus laevipennis	Horn, 1893	host unknown	Texas
Dacoderus rossi	Aalbu, Andrews & Pollock, 2005	host unknown	Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. United States: New Mexico
Dacoderus sleeperi	Aalbu, Andrews & Pollock, 2005	host unknown	United States: California. Mexico: Baja California.
Dacoderus steineri	Aalbu, Andrews & Pollock, 2005	host unknown	United States: Texas
Dacoderus striaticeps	LeConte, 1858	host unknown	Mexico. United States: Arizona, California
Dacoderus werneri	Aalbu, Andrews & Pollock, 2005	host unknown	Mexico.

REFERENCES

• Rolf L. Aalbu, Fred G. Andrews, and Darren A. Pollock "REVISION OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE DACODERINAE WITH A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF WORLD TAXA COLEOPTERA: SALPINGIDAE," The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(mo4), 1-40, (1 December 2005).