Melanospilus

There are eight species in this myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae.

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List of Melanospilus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Melanospilus andrewesi	Desneux, 1905	ants	India, Sri Lanka
Melanospilus bensoni	Westwood, 1845	ants	India
Melanospilus borneensis	Reichensperger, 1938	ants	Indonesia (Borneo)
Melanospilus chitwanensis	Nagel, 2018	ants	Nepal
Melanospilus hamaticornis	Van De Poll, 1890	ants	Indonesia (Sumatra)
Melanospilus pilosus	Bednařík, 2023	ants	Malay Peninsula
Melanospilus spectabilis	Bednařík, 2023	ants	Thailand
Melanospilus yamasakoi	(Maruyama, 2009)	ants	Laos, Thailand

REFERENCES

• Bednařík M. New species of Ceratoderus and Melanospilus from Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae). Zootaxa. 2023 Mar 31;5258(5):537-547.

• Desneux, J., 1905. Un nouveau Paussidae de l’Inde. Ann. Soc. entomol. Belg., 49: 194.

• Maruyama, Munetoshi (2009). "A New Species of the Genus Merismoderus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from Laos, with a Revised Key of the Genus and a New Combination". Esakia. 49: 107–109.

• Nagel, Peter (2018). "Flanged Bombardier Beetles of Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae), with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes and descriptions of new species". In Hartmann, M.; M.V.L. Barclay; J. Weipert (eds.). Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya VI. pp. 249–282.

• van de Poll, J. R. H. N. 1890. Descriptions of two new Paussidae from the Malay-Islands. Notes from the Leyden Museum, xn : 1-4.

• Westwood, J. O., 1847. Description of a new species of Paussidae from India. J. Proc. entomol. Soc. India, (9): 130.