Platyrhopalus
There are sixteen species in this myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes | |
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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).