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Adranes
This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with six species. All are inquilines in the nests of ants.
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adranes angustus | Casey, 1924 | Missouri | ||
| Adranes coecus | J.L.LeConte, 1849 | Lasius americanus,Lasius niger, Lasius neoniger, Aphaenogaster fulva | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin | |
| Adranes dietzei | Schaeffer, 1906 | California, New Mexico | ||
| Adranes lecontei | Brendel, 1865 | Lasius umbratus, Aphaenogaster fulva | Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania | |
| Adranes pacificus | Wickham, 1901 | Lasius niger | California | |
| Adranes taylori | Wickham, 1901 | Lasius niger, Lasius pallitarsis | California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington |
REFERENCES
- Akre, R. D. and W. B. Hill 1973. Behavior of Adranes taylori, a myrmecophilous beetle associated with Lasius sitkaensis in the Pacific Northwest (Coleóptera: Pselaphidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, vol. 46, pp. 526-536, illus.
- Brendel, E. New species and corrections in the family Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 5: 255-260. (1865).
- Casey, T. L. 1924 Additions to the known Coleóptera ofNorth America. Lancaster Press, Inc., Lancaster, PA. Memoirs on the Coleóptera, vol. 11, pp. 1-347.
- LeConte, J. L. On the Pselaphidae of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History, 6: 64-110. (1849).
- Schaeffer, C. F. A. 1906 Six new Pselaphidae. Transactions ofthe American Entomological Society, vol. 32, pp. 261-266.
- Wickham, H. F. 1901 Two new blind beetles of the genus Adranes, from the Pacific Coast. The Canadian Entomologist, vol. 33, pp. 25-28.