Corotoca

Corotoca
Corotoca melantho, lateral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subtribe: Corotocina
Genus: Corotoca
Schiødte, 1853

Corotoca is a genus of termitophilous beetles in the family Staphylinidae, subfamily Aleocharinae, described by the Danish entomologist Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte in 1853, and includes six species from the Neotropical region. It is associated with termites of the genus Constrictotermes. The genus was the first record of insects associated with termites.

Species

There are six species assigned to this genus:

Distribution

Species in this genus are variously found in Argentina, Brazil, and Guyana.

References

  1. ↑ "Corotoca Schiødte, 1853". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2018). "New species and synonymy in the genus Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 (Coleoptera, Aleocharinae, Corotocini)". Zootaxa. 4434 (3): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313179.
  3. ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2020). "Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 52 (2): 201–245. doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10005. ISSN 1876-312X.
  4. ↑ "Corotoca Schiødte, 1853". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Asenjo, Angélico; Klimaszewski, Jan; Chandler, Donald S.; Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo; Vieira, Juliana S. (2019). "Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution". Zootaxa. 4621 (1): 1–406. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716285.