Platyrhopalus

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There are sixteen species in this myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae.

List of Platyrhopalus and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Platyrhopalus acutidens Westwood, 1833 ants Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Uttar Pradesh), Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus cardoni Wasmann, 1904 ants India subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus castelnaudi Westwood, 1874 ants Myanmar, Thailand subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus comottii Gestro, 1882 ants Myanmar subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus davidis Fairmaire, 1886 Pheidole China subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus denticornis (Donovan, 1804) ants India, Nepal, Pakistan subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus imadatei (Chujo, 1962) ants Malaysia subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus intermedius Benson, 1846 ants India subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus irregularis Ritsema, 1880 ants Laos subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus mandersi Fowler, 1912 ants Myanmar, Thailand subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus paussoides Wasmann, 1904 ants Bhutan, India, Nepal subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus quinquepunctatus (Shiraki, 1907) ants China, Taiwan subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus tonkinensis Janssens, 1948 ants China subgenus Platyrhopalus
Platyrhopalus westwoodii Saunders, 1835 ants Bhutan, Kashmir subgenus Platyrhopalus

REFERENCES

  • Benson, W.H. Description of four new species of the coleopterous family of the Paussidae, and notice of a fifth species forming the type of a new genus. -. The Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India, 6 (24): 459-470. (Calcutta). (1846).
  • Fairmaire L (1886) Diagnoses de Coléoptères nouveaux. Coléoptères de la Chine. Le Naturaliste 8: 223–224.
  • Fowler, W.W. The Fauna of British India, inlcuding Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. General introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. -. xx + 529 pp. (London: TAYLOR & FRANCIS). (1912).
  • Gestro, R. Sopra alcuni coleotteri di Birmania raccolti dal Capitano G.B.COMOTTO. -. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 18: 297-317. (Genova). (1883).
  • Janssens, E. Une nouvelle espèce de coléoptère (Paussidae) oriental: Platyrhopalus tonkinensis n.sp. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 24 (49): 1-3. (1948).
  • Saunders, W.W. Descriptions of two species of the coleopterous family Paussidae. -. The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 2: 83-84, pls. 9-10. (London). (1838).
  • Wasmann, E. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Paussiden, mit biologischen und phylogenetischen Bemerkungen. -. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 25: 1-82, pls. 1-6. (1904).
  • Westwood, J.O. On the Paussidae, a family of coleopterous insects. -. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 16 (3): 607-684, pl. 33. (London). (1833).