Homopterus

This is a myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae (Paussini) beetles with twelve described species.

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  Homopterus sp.

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List of Homopterus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Homopterus amplificatus	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	Ecuador
Homopterus arrowi	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	Belize, Guyana, Honduras, Paraguay
Homopterus bolivianus	H.Kolbe, 1920	ants	Bolivia
Homopterus brasiliensis	(Westwood, 1838)	ants	Brazil
Homopterus cunctans	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
Hompoterus hispaniolensis	Nagel, 1987	ants	Dominican Republic-extinct
Homopterus honduriensis	Darlington, 1937	ants	Honduras, Mexico, Panama
Homopterus kriegi	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	Venezula
Homopterus lunacarvalhoi	Martinez & Jimenez-Asua, 1965	ants	Argentina
Homopterus martinezi	Luna De Carvalho, 1963	ants	Brazil
Homopterus proemonens	H.Kolbe, 1920	ants	Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico
Homopterus steinbachi	H.Kolbe, 1920	ants	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico
Homopterus subcordatus	Darlington, 1950	ants	Panama

REFERENCES

• DARLINGTON, P. J., JR. 1937. A new paussid beetle from Central America. Psyche 44, 56-7.

• DARLINGTON, P. J., JR. 1950. Paussid beetles. Trans. American Ent. Soc. 76:47-142.

• Darlington, P.J. 1964. Paussid beetles in Mexico. Psyche 71:150-152.

• Eisner, T., Jones, T.H., Aneshansley, D.J., Tschinkel, W.R., Silberglied, R.E., and Meinwald, J. 1977a. Chemistry of defensive secretion of bombardier beetles (Brachinini, Metriini, Ozaenini, Paussini). J. Insect Physiol. 23:1383-1386.

• Kolbe,H.(1920):DiePaussidenSüdamerikas.Ent.Mitt.9:131-156

• LUNA DE CARVALHO, E. 1963. Paussideos americanos. Mem. e Estudos Mus. 2001. Univ. Coimbra, No. 283: 22 pp

• Martinez,A.&L.Jimenez-Asua(1965):Notas sobre Paussini sudamericanos con descripeion de una nuevae specie (Col.Carab.-Pauss.).Ciencia, Mex.23(6):233—236

• PALLISTER, J. C. 1954. Homopterus hondurensis Darlington from Yucatan, Mexico. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 49 :27-28.

• REICHENSPERGER A. 1938. Sudamerikanische Paussiden (Col.) und einige Vorbemerkungen. ReD. de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 8, 68-79.