A revision of the genus Kaszabister Mazur (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini)

By

Dégallier, Nicolas
Mazur, Slawomir
Tishechkin, Alexey
Caterino, Michael S. (Michael Stephen), 1969-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

199

Pages

71-89

Subjects

Exosternini , Histeridae , Kaszabister , myrmecophily , Neotropical region , Solenopsis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.3245

 

Abstract

We revise the four species of Kaszabister Mazur, 1972, one of which, Kaszabister barrigai sp. n., is described as new. The other species in the genus are K. rubellus (Erichson, 1834), K. ferrugineus (Kirsch, 1873) and K. carinatus (Lewis, 1888). The species are principally known from the subtropics of South America, with one in Central America. Lectotypes are designated for K. rubellus and K. ferrugineus, and a key is provided for all the species. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood, mainly S. invicta Buren and S. saevissima (Smith), are documented as hosts of three of the four species.