These beetles have no wings and are blind, and the previously known species all live inside the nests of termites of the genera Odontotermes and Protermes.

[2] Termitotrox cupido has been found inside colonies of the termite Hypotermes makhamensis in Cambodia, living on the walls of the chambers that house the fungus garden.

The termites forage among the leaf litter and in tree stumps and rotting logs and bring partially digested plant material back to the nest to deposit in the fungus garden.

In the case of T. cupido, the trichomes on the elytra are thought to be composed of glandular tissue which may produce chemicals that influence termite behaviour.

[3] The function of these beetles in their termite colonies is unclear but it seems that they are likely to be obligatory termitophiles and somehow contribute to the nest environment of their fungus-growing hosts.