Two new host ants of the myrmecophilous beetle species Thorictus buigasi Escalera, 1923 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Thorictinae) from Morocco
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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.355Keywords:
Cataglyphis cubica, Cataglyphis otini, Cataglyphis viatica, myrmecophilous beetle, Formicidae, new records, Morocco, phoresy, Dermestidae, ThorictusAbstract
Cataglyphis otini Santschi, 1929 and C. cubica (Forel, 1903) are firstly reported as host ants for the myrmecophilous beetle species Thorictus buigasi Escalera, 1923 from Morocco, which expands its host list previously limited to Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787). Its association with C. viatica widens its geographical distribution and it is recorded for the first time in central Morocco.
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