Data on the prey and host plant range of the 18 known species of the genus Elatophilus are presented and discussed. Although only 5 species are known to prey on Matsucoccus and 14 have been recorded from pine, there are sufficient data to hypothesize a linkage among the triad Elatophilus, Matsucoccus, and Pinus. If this view is correct, records of rare species of Elatophilus indicate the occurrence in their area of Matsucoccus, and the data support an almost worldwide coevolution in this triad.
Data on the prey and host plant range of the 18 known species of the genus Elatophilus are presented and discussed. Although only 5 species are known to prey on Matsucoccus and 14 have been recorded from pine, there are sufficient data to hypothesize a linkage among the triad Elatophilus, Matsucoccus, and Pinus. If this view is correct, records of rare species of Elatophilus indicate the occurrence in their area of Matsucoccus, and the data support an almost worldwide coevolution in this triad.