Discoxenus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Aleocharini
Subtribus: Compactopediina
Genus: Discoxenus
Species (16): D. acuticornis – D. assmuthi – D. cambodiensis – D. crassicornis – D. hirsutus – D. indicus – D. kakizoei – D. katayamai – D. kohkongensis – D. krishnai – D. latiabdominalis – D. lepisma – D. lucidus – D. malaysiensis – D. minutus – D. phourini
Name

Discoxenus Wasmann, 1904: 655

Type species: Discoxenus assmuthi Wasmann, 1904, fixed by subsequent designation in Lucas 1920: 244.

References
Primary references

Wasmann, E. 1904. Zur Kenntniss der Gäste der Treiberameisen u. ihrer Wirthe am obern Congo nach den Sammlungen und Beobachtungen von P. Herm. Kohl C.S.S.C. bearbeitet. Zoologische Jahrbuecher, Supplement 7: 611–682. BHL [original description: p. 655]

Additional references

Kanao, T. & Maruyama, M. 2015. Eight new species, a new record, and redescription of the genus Discoxenus Wasmann, 1904: The first record of termitophilous rove beetles in Cambodia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 4044(2): 201–223. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.2. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Kanao, T., Maruyama, M. & Sakchoowong, W. 2010. Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. ZooKeys 49: 77–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.49.468 Reference page.