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Pachybrachis
There are two species in this myrmecophilous genus.
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pachybrachis anoguttatus | Suffrian, 1866 | Formica selysi | Neotropical, Palearctic | |
| Pachybrachis pectoralis | (Melsheimer, 1847) | United States |
REFERENCES
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- LeSage L (1985) The eggs and larvae of Pachybrachis pecans and P. bivittatus with a key to the known immature stages of the Nearctic genera of Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Canadian Entomologist 116: 537–548. doi: 10.4039/Ent116537-4
- Melsheimer, F.E. 1847. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 3: 158-181.
- Schöller M (1995) Zur Evolution der Camptosoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 91: 53–61.
- Schöller M (1998) Zoosaprophagy and phytosaprophagy in chrysomelid beetle larvae, Macrolenes dentipes and Pachybrachis anoguttatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Clytrinae and Cryptocephalinae). In: Biondi M, Daccordi M, Furth DG (Eds) Proceedings of a symposium 20 International Congress of Entomology. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Florence, 281–285.
- Stiefel VL (1993) The larval habit of Pachybrachis pectoralis (Melsheimer) and Cryptocephalus fulguratus LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 66: 450–453.