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Fire Ant Myrmecophiles: New Hosts and Distribution of Myrmecaphodius excavaticollis (Blanchard) and Euparia castanea Serville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Year: 1977

Type: article

Abstract: New ant hosts and distribution records from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas are reported for Myrmecaphodius excavaticollis (Blanchard) collected from nests of Solenopsis invicta Buren (red imported fire ant), S. richteri Forel (black imported fire ant), S. geminata F. (tropical fire ant), S. xyloni McCook (southern fire ant), and Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr) (argentine ant).New ant host and distribution records from Florida and Georgia are reported for Euparia castanea Serville collected from nests of S. geminata and S. xyloni.The occurrence of both species of beetle from the same nests of S', geminata and S. xyloni is re¬ ported for the first time.The range of M. excavaticollis is expanding while the range of E. castanea is decreasing.Both species of beetle occur in aban¬ doned mounds of the host ants.

Source: The Coleopterists Bulletin

DOI: 10.5962/p.371938

Authors: Daniel P. Wojcik, W. A. Banks, D M Hicks, J W Summerlin

Language: English

Topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4399816523

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