Cerapterus

This is a myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae (Paussinae) beetles with thirty-one described species.

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List of Cerapterus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Cerapterus benguelanus	H.Kolbe, 1926	ants	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia
Cerapterus brancae	Luna De Carvalho, 1961	ants	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cerapterus burgeoni	Reichensperger, 1937	ants	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cerapterus calaharicus	H.Kolbe, 1926	ants	Botswana, Mozambique
Cerapterus concolor	Westwood, 1850	ants	South Africa
Cerapterus denoiti	Wasmann, 1899	ants	Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal/Gambia, Sudan, Uganda
Cerapterus drescheri	Reichensperger, 1935	ants	Malaysia
Cerapterus elgonis	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	Kenya
Cerapterus herrei	Schultze, 1923	ants	Philippines
Cerapterus horni	Reichensperger, 1925	ants	Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Togo
Cerapterus horsfieldi	Westwood, 1833	ants	Indonesia, Myanmar
Cerapterus hottentottus	H.Kolbe, 1896	ants	Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Cerapterus immaculatus	Luna De Carvalho, 1975	ants	South Africa
Cerapterus kolbei	Lorenz, 1998	ants	Rwanda, Tanzania
Cerapterus laceratus	(C.A.Dohrn, 1891)	ants	Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Cerapterus lafertei	Westwood, 1850	ants	Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Cerapterus latipes	Swederus, 1788	ants	India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
Cerapterus leoninus	H.Kolbe, 1926	ants	Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Cerapterus longihamus	Reichensperger, 1933	ants	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia
Cerapterus myrmidonum	H.Kolbe, 1896	ants	Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa
Cerapterus oblitus	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	South Africa
Cerapterus parallelus	Wasmann, 1922	ants	Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa
Cerapterus pilipennis	Wasmann, 1922	ants	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania
Cerapterus pseudoblitus	Luna De Carvalho, 1961	ants	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal/Gambia
Cerapterus pygmaeus	Luna De Carvalho, 1960	ants	Congo, Brazzaville)
Cerapterus quadrimaculatus	Westwood, 1841	ants	China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Cerapterus smithii	Westwood, 1838	ants	Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
Cerapterus splendidus	Wasmann, 1918	ants	Kenya
Cerapterus stalii	Westwood, 1874	ants	South Africa
Cerapterus stuhlmanni	H.Kolbe, 1895	ants	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
Cerapterus trinitatis	H.Kolbe, 1896	ants	Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania

REFERENCES

• Serrano, A. and Rúben A. Capela "New Records of Ant Nest Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini) in Angola and an Annotated List of Species Known from the Country," The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3), 525-528, (18 September 2015)

• Wassmann,E.(1922).Die Paussiden des Zoologischen Staats instituts und Zoologischen Museums zu Hamburg(au ßerder Gattung Arthropterus), miteinem Anhangeu ¨berdie Endomy chiden gattung Trochoideus. Beitrag zur Kenntnisder Myrmecophilen).Mitt.Zool.Staats institut Zool. Mus.Hamburg 39,12–38

• Westwood, J.O. Synopsis of the coleopterous genus Cerapterus. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 18 (1): 581-587, pl. XXXIX. (London). (1841).