Dos nuevas hormigas huésped de la especie de escarabajo mirmecófilo Thorictus buigasi Escalera, 1923 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Thorictinae) en Marruecos

Ahmed  Taheri‍; Joaquín  Reyes-López; Nard  Bennas

doi:10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.355

Two new host ants of the myrmecophilous beetle species Thorictus buigasi Escalera, 1923 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Thorictinae) from Morocco

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Ahmed Taheri‍ Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Ecology and Ecosystem Valorization / URL-CNRST n° 10. Faculty of Sciences of El Jadida, University Chouaïb Doukkali - LESCB URL-CNRS18, FS, AbdelmT n° alek Essaadi University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-525X
Joaquín Reyes-López Area of Ecology, University of Cordoba, Building C-4 “Celestino Mutis” https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0702-4588
Nard Bennas LESCB URL-CNRST n° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3819-2717

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.355

Keywords:

Cataglyphis cubica, Cataglyphis otini, Cataglyphis viatica, myrmecophilous beetle, Formicidae, new records, Morocco, phoresy, Dermestidae, Thorictus

Abstract

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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2023-03-03

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Taheri‍ A, Reyes-López J, Bennas N. Two new host ants of the myrmecophilous beetle species Thorictus buigasi Escalera, 1923 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Thorictinae) from Morocco. Graellsia [Internet]. 2023Mar.3 [cited 2024Jul.27];79(1):e183. Available from: https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/710

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