Termitotrox cupido sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new termitophilous scarab species from the Indo-Chinese subregion, associated with Hypotermes termites

By

Maruyama, Munetoshi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

254

Pages

89-97

Subjects

Indo-Chinese subregion , new species , smallest scarab , termitophily , Termitotroginae , Termitotrogini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.254.4285

 

Abstract

Termitotrox cupido sp. n. is described from Cambodia and represents the first discovery of Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese subregion of the Oriental region. The type series was collected from fungus garden cells of Hypotermes makhamensis Ahmad, 1965 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae). Hypotermes Holmgren, 1917 was previously an unknown host of Termitotrox species. The new species is readily distinguished from all known congeners bywing-shaped trichomes on the elytra and is most probably the world’s smallest scarab, at 1.2 mm in length.