Oxytelinae Fleming, 1821

Berx, Peter, Bosmans, Bart, Dekoninck, Wouter, Janssen, Marc, Stassen, Eugène & Crevecoeur, Luc, 2023, Faunistic survey of myrmecophilous and other ant-associated beetles and spiders in the Belgian province of Limburg (Araneae, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 141, pp. 1-61 : 38

Oxytelinae Fleming, 1821

During our research, seven species of the genus Anotylus Thomson, 1859 were noted, of which two are recorded as being associated with ants (Annex). Anotylus tetracarinatus (1.7-2.2 mm) is described as the most common species of this genus and, moreover, is even considered the most common staphylinid beetle ( FREUDE et al., 1964). It is therefore noteworthy that in addition to the 2,680 specimens captured (Annex), only a single individual was noticed near an ant’s nest, in this case L. brunneus which, on the other hand, may indicate that this combination is highly coincidental.