Ecitocryptus kungae

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Ecitocryptus kungae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Ecitocryptus
Species: E. kungae
Binomial name
Ecitocryptus kungae
Kistner, 2006

Diagnosis

Description

Distribution

Costa Rica

Biology

Ant hosts: Eciton burchellii

REFERENCES

  • Borgmeier, T. 1930. Zwei neue Gattungen ecitophiler aleocharinen (Col., Staph.). Zoologischer anzeiger 92: 165–178. [original description: p. 173]
  • Borgmeier, T. 1931. Sobre alguns coleopteros ecitophilos do Brasil (Staphylinidae). Revista de entomologia 1: 355–367. [original description: p. 363]
  • Kistner, D.H. 2006. Ecitocryptus kungae - A new species of Myrmecophile from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Sociobiology 47(3): 677–685. [original d