Microdonia Casey, 1893

Hlaváč, Peter, Newton, Alfred F. & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2011, World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) 3075, Zootaxa 3075, pp. 1-151 : 52

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scientific name	Microdonia Casey
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Microdonia Casey View in CoL

Microdonia Casey, 1894: 318 View in CoL . Type species: Microdonia occipitalis Casey View in CoL , by monotypy

Microdonia Casey View in CoL : Seevers, 1959: 67 (redescription, key to species); Seevers, 1965: 244 (redescription, catalogue of species); Frank, 1981: 139 (discussion of the genus); Kistner, Ashe & Jacobson, 1996: 47 (redescription, revision, key)

berghoffae Kistner 2008a: 602 View in CoL ( Microdonia, TL View in CoL : Panama, Fortuna, 1440m; HA: Neivamyrmex pilosus View in CoL ) Distribution: Panama jacobsoni Kistner View in CoL in Kistner, Ashe & Jacobson, 1996: 53 ( Microdonia, TL View in CoL : Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque; HA: Neivamyrmex sumichrasti View in CoL ) Distribution: Mexico kansana Seevers, 1959: 69 View in CoL ( Microdonia, TL View in CoL : Lawrence, Kansas; HA: Neivamyrmex nigrescens View in CoL , N. opacithorax View in CoL ) Distribution: USA (KS)

laticollis Brues, 1902: 368 View in CoL ( Ecitopora, TL View in CoL : vicinity of Austin, Texas; HA: Neivamyrmex nigrescens View in CoL ) Distribution: USA (TX), new combination in Seevers, 1959: 70

mexicana Kistner View in CoL in Kistner, Ashe & Jacobson, 1996: 57 ( Microdonia, TL View in CoL : Mexico, San Luis Postosi, 3 km E. Xilitla, 600 m; HA: Neivamyrmex sumichrasti View in CoL ) Distribution: Mexico nitidiventris Brues, 1904: 250 View in CoL ( Ecitopora, TL View in CoL : USA, Texas, Austin; HA: Labidus coecum , Neivamyrmex opacithorax View in CoL ) Distribution: USA (KS,TX), Mexico, Costa Rica

= sulcatula Borgmeier, 1958: 229 View in CoL ( Ecitopora, TL View in CoL : San José, Costa Rica; HA: Neivamyrmex opacithorax View in CoL ) new combination in Seevers, 1959: 70, synonymy in Seevers, 1965: 244

occipitalis Casey, 1894: 319 View in CoL ( Microdonia, TL View in CoL : USA, Texas, Austin; HA: Neivamyrmex nigrescens View in CoL , N. opacithorax View in CoL ) Distribution: USA (AZ,TX,KS,FL), Mexico

= retrusa Casey, 1911: 74 View in CoL ( Microdonia, TL View in CoL : Walnut, Arizona) synonymy in Seevers, 1959: 68

= tenella Wasmann, 1900b: 284 View in CoL ( Ecitopora, TL View in CoL : Austin) synonymy in Seevers, 1959: 68

References

Borgmeier, T. (1958) Neue Beitraege zur Kenntnis der ecitophilen Staphyliniden (Col.). Studia Entomologica, 1, 225 - 246.

Brues, C. T. (1904) A new species of Ecitopora. Entomological News, 15, 250.

Casey, T. L. (1894 [1893]) Coleopterological notices, V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 7, 281 - 606, pl. 1.

Casey, T. L. (1911) New American species of Aleocharinae and Myllaeninae. In: Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Vol. 2. New Era Printing Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. pp. 1 - 245.

Frank, J. H. (1981) In: J. H. Frank & M. C. Thomas, Myrmedoniini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ecitoninae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist, 64, 138 - 146.

Kistner, D. H., J. S. Ashe & H. R. Jacobson. (1996) New species of the myrmecophilous genera Microdonia and Ecitoxenidia from Mexico (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) with a review of previously described species. Sociobiology, 27, 47 - 78.

Kistner, D. H. (2008 a) In: Kistner, D. H. & S. M. Berghoff. New species and new records of myrmecophiles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) found in Panama with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) together with a redescription of the genus Ecitodonia. Sociobiology, 51 (3), 601 - 621.

Seevers, C. H. (1959) North American Staphylinidae associated with army ants. Coleopterists' Bulletin, 13, 65 - 79.

Seevers, C. H. (1965) The systematics, evolution and zoogeography of staphylinid beetles associated with army ants (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, 47, 139 - 351.

Wasmann, E. (1900 b) Neue Dorylinengaste aus dem neotropischen und dem athiopischen Faunengebiet. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 14, 215 - 289, pls. 13 - 14.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae