Austrospirachtha

{{Short description|Genus of beetle}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Austrospirachtha

| authority = Watson, 1973

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * Austrospirachtha carrijoi {{small|Zilberman & Pires-Silva, 2023}}

• Austrospirachtha mimetes {{small|Watson, 1973}}

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Austrospirachtha is a genus of rove beetle in the tribe Corotocini.{{cite CoL|id=9L9GB|title=Austrospirachtha}}{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/beetle-grows-termite-back-steal-food|title=Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food|date=6 September 2023|first1=Richard|last1=Pallardy|website=Science.org}}{{Cite journal |last=Zilberman |first=Bruno |last2=Pires-Silva |first2=Carlos M. |date=2023-08-23 |title=A new species and morphological notes on the remarkable termitophilous genus Austrospirachtha Watson from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5336.3.8 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5336 |issue=3 |pages=424–432 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}

The type species of the genus, A. mimetes has an elongated abdomen that is bent over the body with appendages that give it a termite like appearance. They are thought to live within the nests of termites of the genus Nasutitermes.{{Cite journal |last=Watson |first=J. A. L. |date=1973 |title=Austrospirachtha mimetes, a new termitophilous Corotocine from Northern Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylindae) |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01678.x |journal=Australian Journal of Entomology |language=en |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=307–310 |doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01678.x |issn=1326-6756|doi-access=free |url-access=subscription }}