Difference between revisions of "Diplocotidus"

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There are three species in this myrmecophilous genus of Ptinidae.

List of *Diplocotidus* and their Host Ants
Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Diplocotidus endrodyi	Bell & Philips, 2008	ants	South Africa
Diplocotidus formicola	Péringuey, 1899	Lepisiota carbonaria, Anoplolepis custodiens, Anoplolepis steingroeveri	South Africa
Diplocotidus khoisanensis	Bell & Philips, 2008	ants	South Africa

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-There is one species in this [[Myrmecophiles|myrmecophilous]] genus of Ptinidae.
+There are three species in this [[Myrmecophiles|myrmecophilous]] genus of Ptinidae.
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-|''[[Diplocotidus endrodyi]]''||  ||ants||South Africa
+|''[[Diplocotidus endrodyi]]''|| Bell & Philips, 2008 ||ants||South Africa
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-| ''[[Diplocotidus formicola]]'' || Péringuey, 1899||ants || South Africa
+| ''[[Diplocotidus formicola]]'' || Péringuey, 1899||''[[Lepisiota carbonaria]]'', ''[[Anoplolepis custodiens]]'', ''[[ Anoplolepis steingroeveri]]'' || South Africa
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-|''[[Diplocotidus khoisanensis]]''||  ||ants||South Africa
+|''[[Diplocotidus khoisanensis]]''|| Bell & Philips, 2008 ||ants||South Africa
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 ==REFERENCES==
 *[[Media:BellPhilipsDiplocotidus.pdf|Bell and Philips. 2008. A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). African Entomology 16(1):33]]
+*[[Media:Lawrence Reichardt 1969.pdf| Lawrence, J.F. and Hans Reichardt. 1969. The myrmecophilous Ptinidae Coleoptera with a key to Australian species, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College,138:1-27.]]