A new species of the termitophilous rove beetle genus Pseudotermitoecia Kistner, 1985 from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), and its association with Schedorhinotermes Silvestri, 1909 (Rhinotermitidae)

We describe Pseudotermitoecia kungarakan Zilberman & Moreno, sp. nov. , a new species of the termitophilous rove beetle genus Pseudotermitoecia Kistner, 1985 (Termitusini: Termitospectrina) from Australia. This discovery expands the known diversity of the genus, previously represented solely by Pseudotermitoecia kakaduensis Kistner, 1985. Unlike P. kakaduensis , which was found in association with Nasutitermes eucalypti (Mjöberg, 1920) (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae), P . kungarakan Zilberman & Moreno, sp. nov. is associated with Schedorhinotermes actuosus (Hill, 1933) (Rhinotermitidae), a relationship in the subtribe previously documented only for Termitoecia Bernhauer, 1920. This new host for the genus, along with modern knowledge on termite evolution, challenges previous hypotheses on the coevolution of the subtribe Termitospectrina and their hosts, herein discussed.