Termitophya é um gênero de besouros termitófilos, da família Staphylinidae, pertencente à ordem Coleoptera. O gênero foi descrito por Erich Wasmann em 1902 e inclui onze espécies registradas na região Neotropical, associadas a cupins do gênero Anoplotermes e Nasutitermes.
Espécies Espécie tipo: Termitophya heyeri Wasmann, 1902
Termitophya amica Mann, 1923 GBIF: 8824065; CoL: 55GVL; StaphBase: 866896
Termitophya araujoi Borgmeier, 1950 Photo; GBIF: 10051840; CoL: 55GVM; StaphBase: 866897
Termitophya ecuadoriensis Seevers, 1937 GBIF: 10236095; CoL: 55GVN; StaphBase: 866898
Termitophya emersoni Seevers, 1937 GBIF: 10481028; CoL: 55GVP; StaphBase: 866899
Termitophya flaviventris Mann, 1923 Photo; GBIF: 8873326; CoL: 55GVQ; StaphBase: 866900
Termitophya heyeri Wasmann, 1902 Photo; GBIF: 9841923; CoL: 55GVR; StaphBase: 866901
Termitophya holmgreni Wasmann, 1911 GBIF: 10329397; CoL: 55GVS; StaphBase: 866902
Termitophya inornata Seevers, 1937 GBIF: 10353553; CoL: 55GVT; StaphBase: 866903
Termitophya peruanus Kistner, 2006 GBIF: 8825668; CoL: 7BRL8; StaphBase: 866904
Termitophya piliventris Seevers, 1937 GBIF: 10598849; CoL: 55GVV; StaphBase: 866905
Termitophya punctata Mann, 1923 GBIF: 8929746; CoL: 55GVW; StaphBase: 866906
Distribuição
Bolívia, Brasil, Equador, Guiana, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad e Tobago.
Hospedeiros
Cortaritermes Mathews, 1977
Cortaritermes fulviceps (Silvestri, 1901)
Nasutitermes Dudley, 1890 Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky, 1855)
Nasutitermes jaraguae (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes minimus (Holmgren, 1906)
Nasutitermes chaquimayensis (Holmgren, 1906)
Nasutitermes mojosensis (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes guayanae (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes similis Emerson, 1935
Nasutitermes dendrophilus (Desneux, 1906)
Nasutitermes ecuadorianus (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes ehrhardti (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes peruanus (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes ephratae (Holmgren, 1910)
Nasutitermes tatarendae (Holmgren, 1910)
Borgmeier, T. 1950. Bemerkungen zu Dr. Creighton's Werk "The Ants of North America". Revista de Entomologia 21: 381–386.
Emerson, A.E. 1935. Termitophile distribution and quantitative characters as indicators of physiological speciation in British Guiana termites (Isoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 28(3): 369–395. doi:10.1093/aesa/28.3.369.
Kistner, D.H. 2006. A review of some termitophiles from Peru, Ecuador and some other South American countries (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Sociobiology 47(2A): 581–662.
Mann, W.M. 1923. New genera and species of termitophilous Coleoptera from northern South America. Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society 3(17): 323–366.
Seevers, C.H. 1937. New species of termitophilous Staphylinidae from tropical America and the Solomon Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 30(1): 1–23.
Seevers, C.H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology 40: 1–334.
Wasmann, E. 1902. Neues ueber die zusammengestzten Nester und gemischten Kolonien der Ameisen. Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Entomologie 7: 293–298.
Ligações externas CoL: 8XQ8K GBIF: 4714441 Wikispecies StaphBase: 839983 Occurrences on Ecdysis
Categoria:Gêneros de aleocaríneos