Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

By

Kanao, Taisuke
Maruyama, Munetoshi
Sakchoowong, Watana

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

49

Pages

77-86

Subjects

Aleocharini , Compactopediina , Discoxenus katayamai n. sp , new species , Odontotermes , Odontoxenus thailandicus n. sp , Pygostenini , termitophily

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.49.468

 

Abstract

Discoxenus katayamai sp. n. and Odontoxenus thailandicus sp. n. are described from Khao Yai National Park, East Thailand. Both species were collected from nests of termite of the genus Odontotermes Holmgren, 1912. These are the first records of both genera from Thailand. Discoxenus katayamai is similar to D. indicus Wasmann, 1904, and O. thailandicus is similar to O. butteri (Wasmann, 1916). Each species is easily distinguished from their congeners by the body size, the number of the setae on the pronotum, elytra and abdomen and other characters discussed below.