A new genus of compactopediina (coleoptera: staphylinidae) associated with longipeditermes (isoptera: termitidae) in peninsular Malaysia with a key to and phylogenetic analysis of all genera of the subtribe
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Kistnerella malayensis Kanao & Maruyama, gen. et sp.n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) is described from Ulu Gombak, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia. This new genus belongs to the termitophilous subtribe Compactopediina in the tribe Aleocharini, and is associated with Longipeditermes longipes (Haviland, 1889) (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). A key to the genera in Compactopediina is given. The phylogenetic relationships of the genera are investigated, and the host termite relationships and the systematic position of Compactopediina are discussed.
Keywords
Kistnerella malayensis, New species, Aleocharinae, Longipeditermes longipes, Nasutitermitinae, Taxonomy, Termitophily, Exhaustive analysis, Nasutitermitinae, Termitophiles
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Publication Title
Insect Systematics & Evolution
Volume
42
Issue
4
Additional Information
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA