Corotocini

Thyreoxenus brevitibialis, copyright Taro Eldredge.

Belongs within: Staphylinidae.
Contains: Abrotelina, Termitogastrina.

The Corotocini are a group of physogastric staphylinid beetles found mostly in association with nasutitermitine termites, with a very few species found with the termitine genus Anoplotermes (Seevers 1957).

See also: The Corotocini in their gut-swollen glory.

Characters (from Seevers 1957): Mentum fused to submentum; mesocoxal acetabula not margined; metepimera abbreviated; hind coxae triangular; physogastric.

<==Corotocini S57
    |  i. s.: Termitochara Wasmann 1893 [Termitocharina] S57
    |           `--*T. kraatzi Wasmann 1893 S57
    |--Timeparthenina S57
    |    |--Termituncula Borgmeier 1950 S57
    |    |    `--*T. gracilipes Borgmeier 1950 S57
    |    `--+--Termitozophilus Silvestri 1901 [incl. Corymbogaster Mann 1923] S57
    |       |    |--*T. laetus Silvestri 1901 S57
    |       |    `--T. mirandus (Mann 1923) [=*Corymbogaster miranda] S57
    |       `--+--Autuoria Silvestri 1946 S57
    |          |    `--*A. elegantulum Silvestri 1946 [incl. A. orthocephali ms] S57
    |          `--+--Ptocholellus Silvestri 1946 S57
    |             |    `--*P. mimus Silvestri 1946 S57
    |             `--Timeparthenus Silvestri 1901 S57
    |                  |--*T. regius Silvestri 1901 S57
    |                  `--T. oglobini Silvestri 1946 [=Timeparthemus (l. c.) oglobini] S57
    `--+--+--Abrotelina S57
       |  `--Termitogastrina S57
       `--Corotocina S57
            |  i. s.: Eutermitoptochus Silvestri 1921 S57
            |           `--*E. novaehollandiae Silvestri 1921 S57
            |--Corotoca Schiødte 1853 S57
            |    |--*C. melantho Schiødte 1854 S57
            |    |--C. araujoi Seevers 1957 S57
            |    |--C. guyanae Mann 1923 S57
            |    `--C. phylo Schiødte 1854 S57
            `--+--+--Termitomimus Trägärdh 1907 S57
               |  |    |--*T. entendveniensis Trägärdh 1907 S57
               |  |    |--T. emersoni Seevers 1957 S57
               |  |    `--T. latipes Seevers 1957 S57
               |  `--+--Termitopullus Reichensperger 1922 [incl. Termitoscapha Bernhauer 1938] S57
               |     |    `--*T. sociusculus Reichensperger 1922 [incl. *Termitoscapha gestroi Bernhauer 1938] S57
               |     |--Termitoptocinus Silvestri 1921 S57
               |     |    `--*T. australiensis Silvestri 1921 S57
               |     `--Eburniola Mann 1923 S57
               |          |--*E. leucogaster Mann 1923 S57
               |          |--E. gastrovittata Seevers 1937 S57
               |          `--E. lujae Seevers 1957 S57
               `--+--Spirachtha Schiødte 1853 S57
                  |    |--*S. eurymedusa Schiødte 1854 S57
                  |    |--S. mirabilis Mann 1923 S57
                  |    `--S. schioedtei Mann 1923 S57
                  `--+--Oideprosoma Silvestri 1920 S57
                     |    `--*O. mirandum Silvestri 1920 S57
                     `--Thyreoxenus Mann 1923 S57
                          |--*T. parviceps Mann 1923 S57
                          |--T. albidus Seevers 1946 S57
                          |--T. autuorii Silvestri 1946 S57
                          |--T. boliviae Seevers 1946 S57
                          |--T. brevitibialis Seevers 1946 S57
                          |--T. convexinotus Seevers 1946 S57
                          |--T. cucullatus Seevers 1946 S57
                          |--T. major S57
                          |--T. pulchellus Mann 1923 S57
                          `--T. solomonensis Seevers 1937 S57

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[S57] Seevers, C. H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology 40: 1–334.