Enicosoma

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There are two species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae.

List of Enicosoma and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution
Enicosoma poirieri Degallier & Tishechkin, 2017] ants South America
Enicosoma vespertinum Lewis, 1904 ants South America

REFERENCES

  • Marseul, S. A. de. 1857. Essai monographique sur la famille des Histérides (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Séries 1-6 sér.3:t.5 : 397-516.
  • Reichensperger A. Neue Beiträge zur Artenkenntnis und zur Lebensweise myrmekophiler Histeriden. Verh d III int Kongr Ent (Zürich). 1926;2:184–203.
  • Tishechkin, Alexey K., 2007: Phylogenetic Revision of the Genus Mesynodites (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Hetaeriinae) with Descriptions of New Tribes, Genera and Species. Sociobiology, vol. 49, no. 1. 1-167. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  • Tishechkin, A., Daniel J. C. Kronauer, and Christoph Von Beeren "Taxonomic Review and Natural History Notes of the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Ecclisister Reichensperger (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2), 279-288, (27 June 2017).