Spirachtha

Spirachtha
Spirachtha eurymedusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Tribe: Corotocini
Subtribe: Corotocina
Genus: Spirachtha
Schiødte, 1853
Type species
Spirachtha eurymedusa
Schiødte, 1853

Spirachtha 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 three species from the Neotropical region, associated with termites of the genus Constrictotermes.

Species

There are three species assigned to this genus:

Distribution

The type species, Spirachtha eurymedusa, is found in Brazil, while the other two species are found in Guyana.

References

  1. ↑ "Spirachtha Schiødte, 1853". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Seevers, Charles H. (1957). A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae, Coleoptera. Fieldiana, Zoology. Vol. 40. Natural History Museum. pp. 1–334. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3797.
  3. ↑ "Spirachtha Schiødte, 1853". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  4. ↑ 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.