Faunistic survey of myrmecophilous and other ant-associated beetles and spiders in the Belgian province of Limburg (Araneae, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Author Berx, Peter Author Bosmans, Bart Author Dekoninck, Wouter Author Janssen, Marc Author Stassen, Eugène Author Crevecoeur, Luc text Belgian Journal of Entomology 2023 2023-10-06 141 1 61 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12639020 2295-0214 12639020 57BE72E5-DFC7-4A81-8912-0F6623FC794D Throscidae Laporte, 1840 Table 37. Observation of a throscidid beetle that is mentioned in the literature to be associated with ants, with its correlated ant species on specific point locations in the province of Limburg.

Species	Number	UTM grid	Community	Tree	Host ant
Aulonothroscus brevicollis (de Bonvouloir, 1859)	2	FS5130	Sint-Truiden	fruit tree	lasibrun, temnaffi
Aulonothroscus brevicollis (de Bonvouloir, 1859)	1	FS7130	Tongeren	Fagus sp.	lasifuli

Aulonothroscus brevicollis ( 2.5-3.3 mm ) ( Fig. 38 ) is a common species in deciduous forests with older trees and can be locally very abundant. In the Kolmontbos, where one specimen was found near a nest of L. fuliginosus ( Table 37 ), we collected 26% of all individuals from our database using adhesive tapes wrapped around the trunk of dead trees (beech and oak).