Termitozophilus Silvestri 1901
Creators: name: Silva, Ruan Felipe Da
name: Zilberman, Bruno
name: Carvalho-Filho, Fernando Da Silva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Termitozophilus

description: Key to species of Termitozophilus Silvestri
1. Inner and outer paratergites of abdominal segments IV–VII free (Figs. 27A–E).................................... 2
- Inner and outer paratergites of abdominal segments IV–VII fused............................................... 5
2. Head subquadrate; four bristles on vertex distributed as two pairs close to each other on anterior region right before the eye (see figs. 27–28, 55–57 in Zilberman (2019)); inner and outer paratergites of abdominal segment III partially fused; outer paratergites of segments III–VII partially fused to sternites (Figs. 27A–E); associated with Cornitermes pugnax .............................................................................................. T. mirandus (Mann)
- Head elongate; four to six bristles on vertex (Figs. 5A, 15A, 21A), if four, one pair on anterior region right before the eye and other on posterior region far from the eye; inner and outer paratergites of abdominal segment III free; outer paratergites of segments III–VII not fused to sternites (Figs. 27A–E); associated with Cornitermes pilosus or Cornitermes spp. (other than C. pugnax)............................................................................................ 3
3. Head with vertex bearing six bristles (Fig. 11A)........................................... T. parapilosus sp. nov.
- Head with vertex bearing four bristles (Figs. 5A; 15A; 21A)................................................... 4
4. Tergite VIII with four bristles along posterior margin (Fig. 6G); sternite VIII with two bristles along posterior margin (Fig. 6H); associated with Cornitermes species other than C. pilosus ...................................... T. favachoi sp. nov.
- Tergite VIII with six bristles along posterior margin (Fig. 12G); sternite VIII with four bristles along posterior margin (Fig. 12H); associated with Cornitermes pilosus ................................................... T. pilosus sp. nov.
5. Paratergites fused to tergites; abdomen barely physogastric, with almost no membranous area exposed (see figs. 29–36 in Zilberman, 2019); associated with Cornitermes silvestrii ...................................... T. belleae Zilberman
- Paratergites fused to sternites; abdomen remarkable physogastric, with large membranous area exposed; associated with Cornitermes species other than C. silvestrii ................................................................ 6
6. Color dark brown (Figs. 19–20); antennomeres V–X almost moniliform; pores on sternites III–VII distributed in circular clusters; associated with Cornitermes pilosus ................................................ T. tenebrus sp. nov.
- Color light brown (see figs. 1—5 in Zilberman, 2019); antennomeres V—X filiform (see figs. 58—60 in Zilberman, 2019); pores on sternites III—VII scattered; associated with Cornitermes bequaerti, C. cumulans, C. incisus, C. snyderi, and possibly C. villosus ............................................................................. T. laetus Silvestri
description: Published as part of Silva, Ruan Felipe Da, Zilberman, Bruno & Carvalho-Filho, Fernando Da Silva, 2022, Hidden Brazilian Amazon diversity: four new species, redescription and notes on natural history of Termitozophilus Silvestri, 1901 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 501-534 in Zootaxa 5209 (5) on pages 532-533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7469353