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Thorictus
This is a myrmecophilous genus of Dermestidae. The genus Thorictus currently includes 175 species and subspecies from the Palearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical Regions (Háva 2015a, 2020a).
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorictus algericus | Chobaut Pic, 1897 | ants | ||
| Thorictus arabicus | Hava, 2010 | ants | Saudi Arabia | |
| Thorictus baudii | Reitter, 1860 | ants | ||
| Thorictus bifoveolatus | Reitter, 1887 | Cataglyphis aenescens | Kazakhstan | |
| Thorictus bonnairei | Wasmann, 1925 | Cataglyphis bicolor | ||
| Thorictus buigasi | Escalera, 1923 | Cataglyphis viatica | Morocco | |
| Thorictus canariensis | Wollaston, 1862 | ants | Spain: Canary Islands | |
| Thorictus castaneus | Germar, 1834 | Cataglyphis bombycina, Cataglyphis diehlii | Asia: SY. North Africa: DZ, EG, LY, MA. New to Arabian Peninsula. | |
| Thorictus cobosi | John, 1967 | ants | ||
| Thorictus consimilis | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus deviedmai | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus dimidiatus | Peyron, 1860 | ants | ||
| Thorictus ehlersii | Pering, 1872 | ants | ||
| Thorictus escalerai | John, 1965 | ants | Spain | |
| Thorictus escorialanus | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus fairmairii | Raffray, 1873 | Cataglyphis albicans | ||
| Thorictus foreli | Wasmann, 1894 | Cataglyphis bicolor, Cataglyphis hispanica, Cataglyphis altisquamis | North Africa: DZ, MA, TN. New to Arabian Peninsula. | |
| Thorictus foveicollis | Reitter, 1880 | Cataglyphis cursor, Cataglyphis aenescens | ||
| Thorictus franzi | John, 1967 | ants | ||
| Thorictus gibbosus | Zhantiev, 2010 | Cataglyphis setipes, Cataglyphis foreli | ||
| Thorictus gigas | Wollaston, 1862 | ants | Spain | |
| Thorictus grandicollis | Germar, 1842 | Cataglyphis cursor | Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, Russian Federation | |
| Thorictus hanifahensis | Háva & Abdel-Dayem, 2021 | ants | Saudi Arabia | |
| Thorictus helleri | John, 1963 | ants | ||
| Thorictus hilfi | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus hoppi | John, 1971 | ants | ||
| Thorictus incultus | John, 1971 | ants | ||
| Thorictus kaznakovi | R. Schmidt, 1904 | Cataglyphis aenescens | ||
| Thorictus koenigi | Reitter, 1887 | Cataglyphis aenescens | ||
| Thorictus lederi | Reitter, 1881 | Cataglyphis cursor | ||
| Thorictus lindbergi | John, 1963 | ants | Spain | |
| Thorictus manni | Reichenspenger, 1926 | Cataglyphis | ||
| Thorictus martinezi | Háva & Lenoir, 2008 | Cataglyphis | Bukina Faso | |
| Thorictus martinsi | Wasmann, 1925 | ants | ||
| Thorictus mauritanicus | Lucas, 1849 | ants | Spain | |
| Thorictus medvedevi | Zhantiev, 2010 | Cataglyphis | ||
| Thorictus myrmecophilus | Reitter, 1881 | Cataglyphis | ||
| Thorictus omanensis | Háva, 2021 | Lepisiota omanensis | Oman, United Arab Emerites | |
| Thorictus orientalis | Peyron, 1857 | ants | ||
| Thorictus paganetti | Obenberger, 1917 | ants | ||
| Thorictus palmi | John, 1964 | ants | ||
| Thorictus parnassus | John, 1971 | ants | ||
| Thorictus pauciseta | Wasmann, 1894 | Cataglyphis viatica | ||
| Thorictus peyerimhoffi | Chobaut, 1904 | ants | ||
| Thorictus pilosus | Peyron, 1857 | Cataglyphis diehlii | Turanian-E-Mediterranean: Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Uzbekistan (John 1963, Löbl 2007). | |
| Thorictus politus | Wasmann, 1895 | ants | ||
| Thorictus postangulis | Reitter, 1895 | Cataglyphis aenescens | ||
| Thorictus puncticollis | Lucas, 1846 | Cataglyphis altisquamis | ||
| Thorictus riyadhensis | Háva & Abdel-Dayem, 2021 | ants | Saudi Arabia | |
| Thorictus ruzskii | Semenov-Tian-Shanskiy, 1903 | Cataglyphis setipes | ||
| Thorictus shadensis | Háva & Abdel-Dayem, 2021 | ants | Saudi Arabia | |
| Thorictus sharafi | Háva & Abdel-Dayem, 2021 | ants | Saudi Arabia | |
| Thorictus sicilianus | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus stricticollis | Kraatz, 1859 | ants | ||
| Thorictus studti | John, 1971 | ants | ||
| Thorictus subpusillus | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus sulcicollis | Perez Arcas, 1868 | Cataglyphis hispanica | ||
| Thorictus tamatabanus | John, 1965 | ants | ||
| Thorictus tejedanus | John, 1967 | ants | ||
| Thorictus tenerifanus | John, 1965 | ants | Spain: Canary Islands (Tenerife) | |
| Thorictus tuberosus | Reitter, 1881 | ants | ||
| Thorictus vestitus | Wollaston, 1864 | ants | Spain: Canary Islands | |
| Thorictus vonoertzeni | John, 1971 | ants | ||
| Thorictus wasmanni | Reitter, 1895 | ants | ||
| Thorictus wollastoni | John, 1963 | ants |
REFERENCES
- Háva J (2010) Thorictus arabicus sp. nov., a new species from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Thorictinae: Thorictini). Latvijas Entomologs 49: 32–34.
- Hava, Jiri, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2021, The subfamily Thorictinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 155-174:
- John H. (1963) Revision der Gattung Thorictus Germar (Thorictidae, Clavicornia Col.). Eine Bestandaufnahme, Kritik und Neubeschreibungen. Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 28: 177–255.
- Lenoir A, Háva J, Hefetz A, Dahbi A, Cerdá X, Boulay R. (2013) Chemical integration of Thorictus myrmecophilous beetles into Cataglyphis ant nests. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 51: 335–42.