Chevrolatia

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This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with eighteen species. Many are assumed to be inquilines in the nests of ants. Their biology is relatively unknown and their relationships with ants is a mystery.

List of Chevrolatia and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Chevrolatia amoena LeConte, 1866 ants Indiana, New York, North Carolina
Chevrolatia besucheti Orousset, 2007 ants?
Chevrolatia breviceps Reitter, 1882 ants?
Chevrolatia celisi Orousset, 2007 ants?
Chevrolatia egregia Reitter, 1881 ants?
Chevrolatia endroedyi Franz, 1984 ants?
Chevrolatia franzi Orousset, 2008 ants? Greece
Chevrolatia grouvellei Schaufuss, 1891 ants?
Chevrolatia hispanica Franz, 1970 ants?
Chevrolatia iberica Jałoszyński, 2019 ants?
Chevrolatia insignis Jacquelin du Val, 1850 ants France
Chevrolatia leleupi Orousset, 2007 ants?
Chevrolatia microphthalma Normand, 1911 ants?
Chevrolatia occidentalis O'Keefe, 1997 ants?
Chevrolatia pici Orousset, 2008 ants?
Chevrolatia raymondi Orousset, 2008 ants?
Chevrolatia suteri O'Keefe, 1997 ants?
Chevrolatia sylvanica Hernando & Castro, 2015 ants?


REFERENCES

  • Franz, H. (1970) Revision der paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Chevrolatia Jacq. du Val, 1850 (Col. Scydmaenidae). Eos, Revista Española de Entomologia, 45 (1–4), 147–153.
  • Hernando, C. & Castro, A. (2015) Chevrolatia sylvanica sp. nov. de Andalucía (España) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Heteropterus Revista de Entomología, 15 (2), 111–118.
  • Jacquelin du Val, C. (1850) Description d’un genre nouveau et de quelques espèces nouvelles de Coléoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Series 2, 8, 45–52, pl. 1.
  • Jałoszyński, P. (2019) A new Iberian species of Chevrolatia Jacquelin du Val (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa, 4691(2), 177–180.
  • LeConte, J.L. 1866. Additions to Coleopterous Fauna of United States. Number 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 361-394.
  • O'Keefe, S.T. 1997: Revision of the genus Chevrolatia Jacquelin du Val (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae) of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 123: 163–185.
  • Orousset, J. (2008) Révision des espèces paléarctiques du genre Chevrolatia Jacquelin du Val, 1850 (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 113(3): 313–329.
  • Reitter, E. (1881) Neue und seltene Coleopteren im Jahre 1880 in Süddalmatien und Montenegro gesammelt und beschrieben. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, XXV (1) : 177-230, pl. 6-7.