Mecistostethus

There are six species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae.

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List of Mecistostethus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Mecistostethus carltoni	Caterino, Tishechin & Dégallier, 2012	ants	Ecuador
Mecistostethus flechtmanni	Caterino, Tishechin & Dégallier, 2012	ants	Brazil
Mecistostethus loretoensis	(Bruch, 1932)	Pachycondyla striata	Argentina, Brazil
Mecistostethus marseuli	Caterino, Tishechin & Dégallier, 2012	ants	French Guiana
Mecistostethus pilifer	Marseul, 1870	ants	Amazones
Mecistostethus seagorum	Caterino, Tishechin & Dégallier, 2012	ants	French Guiana

REFERENCES

• Caterino, M.S., Alexey K. Tishechkin og Nicolas Dégallier (2012) A revision of the genus Mecistostethus Marseul (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini). ZooKeys 213: 63-78

• Kanaar, P. (1997). A new species of Coelocraera (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Ruanda. Zoologische Mededelingen, 71(12), 105–108.

• 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).