Semiclaviger sikorae

The one species of myrmecophile in the genus Semiclaviger .

Semiclaviger sikorae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Semiclaviger
Species:	S. sikorae
Binomial name
Semiclaviger sikorae Wasmann, 1893

Distribution

Madagascar

Biology

Ant hosts: Crematogaster schencki All newly collected specimens were sifted from leaf litter in primary forest in Ambohitantely Special Reserve in central Madagascar, with subsequent extraction via a Winkler apparatus

REFERENCES

• Hlaváč, Peter, Baňař, Petr & Parker, Joseph, 2013, The Pselaphinae of Madagascar. II. Redescription of the genus Semiclaviger Wasmann, 1893 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Clavigeritae) and synonymy of the subtribe Radamina Jeannel, 1954, Zootaxa 3736 (3), pp. 265-276: 271

• Wasmann, E. (1893) Neue Myrmekophilen. Erstes Stück. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 37, 97–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48018930115