Belongs within: Staphylinidae.
The Termitopaediini is a group of physogastric staphylinid beetles found in association with fungus-culturing termites in Africa and southern Asia (Seevers 1957).
Characters (from Seevers 1957): Maxillary acetabula moderately sized; galea and lacinia moderate in length, galea usually foliate and membranous; terminal antennal segments without coeloconic sensilla; mesocoxal acetabula large, shallow, faintly margined externally or not at all; broad mesosternal process rounded or angulate; middle coxae narrowly or moderately widely separated; hind coxae subtriangular, not produced beyond lateral articulation; metepimera obliquely truncated posteriorly, not prolonged beyond coxal articulation; tarsi 4, 5, 5-segmented.
<==Termitopaediini S57
| i. s.: Termitobaena Bernhauer 1915 S57
| `–*T. bryanti Bernhauer 1915 S57
| Termitotropha Wasmann 1899 S57
| `–*T. oneili Wasmann 1899 S57
|–+–Termitotecna Wasmann 1912 S57
| | `–*T. braunsi Wasmann 1912 S57
| |–Protermitobia Seevers 1957 S57
| | |–*P. kirbyi Seevers 1957 S57
| | `–P. comes Seevers 1957 S57
| `–Termitobia Wasmann 1891 S57
| |–*T. physogastra Wasmann 1891 [=T. gastrophysa (l. c.)] S57
| |–T. burgeoni Cameron 1930 S57
| |–T. paolii Gridelli 1928 S57
| `–T. rhodesiae Seevers 1957 S57
`–+–Termitopaedia Wasmann 1911 S57
| `–*T. kohli Wasmann 1911 S57
|–Termitolinus Wasmann 1911 S57
| `–*T. natalensis Wasmann 1911 S57
|–Neodioxeuta Seevers 1957 S57
| |–*N. oudemansi (Franssen 1932) [=Jacobsonella oudemansi] S57
| `–N. burmae Seevers 1957 S57
|–Termitopulex Fauvel 1899 [incl. Silvestrinus Bernhauer 1932] S57
| |–*T. grandicornis Fauvel 1899 [incl. *Silvestrinus erythraeanus Bernhauer 1932] S57
| |–T. natalensis Wasmann 1912 S57
| `–T. sjoestedti Eichelbaum in Sjöstedt 1908 S57
`–Dioxeuta Sharp 1899 [incl. Jacobsonella Silvestri 1910] S57
|–*D. microps Sharp 1899 [incl. *Jacobsonella termitobia Silvestri 1910] S57
|–D. flavescens (Cameron 1939) [=Jacobsonella flavescens] S57
`–D. indosinensis (Silvestri 1946) [=Jacobsonella indosinensis] S57
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[S57] Seevers, C. H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology 40: 1–334.