Platyrhopalopsis meleii

Platyrhopalopsis meleii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Platyrhopalopsis
Species:	P. meleii
Binomial name
Platyrhopalopsis meleii (Westwood, 1833)

Distribution

China, India, Pakistan

Biology

They are known from the nests of ants of the genus Carebara, particularly Carebara diversa.

REFERENCES

• Nagel, P. (2006) Ant nest beetles of the Carnegie Museum (Coleoptera:Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 75,181–202.

• Wasman, E. 1904. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Paussiden, mit biologischen und phylogenetischen Bemerkungen. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 25:1–82