# Corotoca

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***Corotoca*** is a genus of [termitophilous](/source/Termitophile) [beetles](/source/Beetles) in the family [Staphylinidae](/source/Staphylinidae), subfamily [Aleocharinae](/source/Aleocharinae), described by the Danish entomologist [Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_Matthias_Christian_Schi%C3%B8dte) in 1853, and includes six species[1] from the [Neotropical region](/source/Neotropical_region). It is associated with [termites](/source/Termite) of the genus *[Constrictotermes](/source/Constrictotermes)*. The genus was the first record of insects associated with termites.[2][3]

## Species

There are six species assigned to this genus:[4]

## Distribution

Species in this genus are variously found in Argentina, Brazil, and Guyana.[5]

## References

1. Zilberman, Bruno (2018). ["New species and synonymy in the genus Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 (Coleoptera, Aleocharinae, Corotocini)"](https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4434.3.9). *Zootaxa*. **4434** (3): 547–560. [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.9](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.9). [ISSN 1175-5334](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1175-5334). [PMID 30313179](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30313179)

1. Zilberman, Bruno (2020). ["Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)"](https://brill.com/view/journals/ise/52/2/article-p201_201.xml?srsltid=AfmBOor5MFpJXVuKtlgcX5o87dQ63jRd6u5Icko7IISg2bG4SJN5dc0-). *Insect Systematics & Evolution*. **52** (2): 201–245. [doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10005](https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-bja10005). [ISSN 1876-312X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1876-312X)

1. Asenjo, Angélico; Klimaszewski, Jan; Chandler, Donald S.; Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo; Vieira, Juliana S. (2019). ["Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution"](https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4621.1.1). *Zootaxa*. **4621** (1): 1–406. [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1). [ISSN 1175-5334](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1175-5334). [PMID 31716285](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31716285)

## External links

- [Corotoca](https://ecdysis.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=corotoca+&formsubmit=Search+Terms) Ecdysis: [Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo](/source/Museum_of_Zoology_of_the_University_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo)

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