A Revision of the African Species of the Aleocharine Tribe Dorylomimini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).1 II. The Genera Dorylomimus, Dorylonannus, Dorylogaster, Dorylobactrus, and Mimanomma, with Notes on Their Behavior

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The genera Dorylomimus, Dorylonannus, Dorylogaster, Dorylobactrus, and Mimanomma are redescribed and illustrated with special emphasis on characteristics most easily seen in cleared preparations. All the previously described species are redescribed and illustrated, and new collection data presented. The following species are described as new: Dorylonannusalzadae (Congo Republic), D.kymrae (Ivory Coast), Dorylogasteramicus (Congo Republic), D.constrictor (Congo Republic), D.kenyensis (Kenya), D.seeversi (Ivory Coast), D.zeder (Cameroun). New host data are provided for all the species, and the known geographic ranges for all species is extended. Observations made of the living myrmecophiles support the viewpoint that all of these genera, except Dorylobactrus, are mimics of ants, that this mimicry leads to their integration in the colonial life of the ants, and that the mimicry is primarily to permit them to live among the models and, perhaps only secondarily, to escape predators. Actual observations of Dorylogaster exhibiting phoresy on the ants are recorded for the first time.

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