Terapus

There are fourteen species in this myrmecophilous genus of New World Histeridae. The host ant is the genus Pheidole.

List of *Terapus* and their Host Ants
Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Terapus arizonensis	Ross, 1938	Pheidole	Arizona
Terapus balloui	Hinton, 1934	Pheidole tepicana	Mexico
Terapus bickhardti	Bruch, 1922	ants	South America: Argentina
Terapus flechtmanni	Dégallier, 1999	ants	South America
Terapus infernalis	(Fall, 1907)	Pheidole hyatti	California
Terapus manni	Hinton, 1945	ants	Mexico
Terapus marseuli	Westwood, 1874	ants	South America
Terapus mexicanus	Mann, 1926	ants	Mexico
Terapus mirificus	Reichensperger, 1926	Acromyrmex disciger, Pheidole	South America
Terapus mnizechi	Marseul, 1862	Pheidole obtusospinosa	Mexico, United States
Terapus nigritus	Hinton, 1934	Pheidole tepicana	Mexico, Venezuela
Terapus rufosetosus	Bruch, 1930	ants	South America: Argentina
Terapus scaphipes	Reichensperger, 1933	ants	South America
Terapus wagneri	Desbordes, 1914	ants	South America

REFERENCES

Degallier, Nicolas 1998: Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Neotropical Histeridae with the description of Brasilister flechtmanni nov gen, nov sp and Terapus flechtmanni nov sp Coleoptera, Histeridae Notes taxonomiques et faunistiques sur les Histeridae neotropicaux avec la description de Brasilister flechtmanni nov gen, nov sp et Terapus flechtmanni nov sp Coleoptera, Histeridae. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. Mars; 151: 45-62

Hinton, H.E. (1945) A key to the North American species of Terapus, with description of a new species (Col., Histeridae). Proceeding of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 14 (B), 38–45.

Marseul, S. A. de. 1863. Supplément a la monographie des Histérides (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Séries 1-6 ser.4:t.2 (1862): 669-720; pls. 16-17.