Typhloponemys

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This myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae are found with Dorylus ants.


List of Typhloponemys and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Typhloponemys acarinellus Kistner, 1958 Dorylus nigricans Ivory Coast, Liberia
Typhloponemys aduma Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys afer Kistner, 1958 ants Ghana, Tanzania, Zaire
Typhloponemys albertensis Kistner, 1958 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys allardi Kistner, 1965 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys alternans (Cameron,1948) Dorylus nigricans Present in Central African Rep., Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Rep.
Typhloponemys alutacea (Wasmann, 1904) Dorylus mayri Cameroon, Central African Rep., Ivory Coast, Zaire
Typhloponemys alzadae Kistner, 1963 ants Cameroon, Nigeria
Typhloponemys amanica Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Tanzania, Uganda
Typhloponemys ashanti Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys baka Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys bakaorum Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys banfilli Kistner, 1963 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys bapunuorum Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys barbertonensis Pace, 2012 ants South Africa
Typhloponemys basilewskyi Kistner, 1958 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys belingensis Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys bernardi Kistner, 1963 ants Uganda, Zaire
Typhloponemys bicolor (Wasmann, 1904) ants Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire
Typhloponemys bissauensis Pace, 1988 ants Guinea-Bissau
Typhloponemys boveni Kistner, 1958 ants Angola, Zaire
Typhloponemys buyckxi Kistner, 1963 Dorylus nigricans Cameroun, Congo
Typhloponemys calundoensis Kistner, 1962 ants Angola, Zaire
Typhloponemys capensis (Bernhauer, 1927) ants South Africa
Typhloponemys carinella (Kraatz, 1895) ants Ghana, Tanzania
Typhloponemys carvalhoi Kistner, 1962 ants Angola
Typhloponemys castanea Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys celisi Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys circumplica Kistner, 2009 ants South Africa
Typhloponemys coiffaiti Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys crenata (Cameron, 1926) ants Zaire
Typhloponemys crypta Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Kenya, Tanzania
Typhloponemys cupra Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys daresalamensis (Bernhauer, 1915) ants Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Typhloponemys decellei Kistner, 1963 ants Angola, Uganda, Zaire
Typhloponemys discalis (Cameron, 1934) ants Cameroon, Zaire
Typhloponemys dorylina (Bernhauer, 1927) Dorylus Angola, Central African Republic, Uganda, Zaire
Typhloponemys douceti Kistner, 1965 Dorylus emeryi Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys dundoensis Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Angola
Typhloponemys eastopi Kistner, 1963 ants Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zaire
Typhloponemys endroedyi Kistner & Jacobson, 1972 ants Congo-Brazzaville; Zaire
Typhloponemys epipleuralis (Bernhauer, 1927) ants Kenya, Tanzania
Typhloponemys eppelsheimi (Kraatz, 1895) Dorylus nigricans; Dorylus mayri Present in Cameroon, Central African Rep., Gabon, Togo, Zaire
Typhloponemys erichsoni Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys fauveli (Wasmann, 1904) Dorylus nigricans Cameroun, Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys femoralis Kistner, 1968 ants Ivory Coast, Tanzania
Typhloponemys flavobrunnea Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys fusca Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Angola
Typhloponemys gabonensis (Fauvel, 1899) ants Gabon
Typhloponemys gemina Kistner, 1963 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys glabra Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys gotwaldi Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania
Typhloponemys grassei Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys guineensis (Bernhauer, 1932) ants Angola, Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone
Typhloponemys hazyviewensis Pace, 2012 ants South Africa
Typhloponemys hirsutocollis Kistner, 1965 Dorylus nigricans Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys hirsutopudenda Kistner, 1958 ants Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Zaire
Typhloponemys horni (Bernhauer, 1927) Dorylus nigricans Angola, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire
Typhloponemys hypogaea Rey, 1886 ants Israel
Typhloponemys infima (Wasmann, 1911) ants Gabon
Typhloponemys judithae Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys kaleida Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Angola
Typhloponemys kapangae (Bernhauer, 1938) ants Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Typhloponemys kaszabi Kistner & Jacobson, 1972 ants Congo-Brazzaville; Zaire
Typhloponemys khandalae Kistner, 1958 ants India
Typhloponemys kistneri Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys kohli (Wasmann, 1904) ants Tanzania, Zaire
Typhloponemys kraatzi (Fauvel, 1899) ants Cameroon, Zaire
Typhloponemys lamottei Kistner, 1963 Dorylus emeryi Ivory Coast, Guinea
Typhloponemys leleupi Kistner, 1958 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys liberiensis Kistner, 1965 Dorylus nigricans Liberia
Typhloponemys longicornis (Wasmann, 1904 Dorylus Cameroon
Typhloponemys lujae (Wasmann, 1904) ants Angola, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia
Typhloponemys machadoi Kistner, 1958 ants Angola
Typhloponemys maliensis Pace, 2012 ants Mali
Typhloponemys manni Kistner, 1958 Dorylus nigricans Cameroun
Typhloponemys maranguensis Kistner, 1960 ants Kenya, Tanzania
Typhloponemys marshalli (Bernhauer, 1927) ants Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Typhloponemys mbalensis Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Zambia
Typhloponemys megalophthalmus Kistner, 1958 ants South Africa
Typhloponemys metallica (Cameron, 1926) ants Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire
Typhloponemys methneri (Bernhauer, 1915) ants Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia
Typhloponemys minuta (Bernhauer, 1927) ants South Africa
Typhloponemys morio Kistner, 1958 ants Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, South Africa
Typhloponemys navicularis (Bernhauer, 1927) ants Tanzania
Typhloponemys neobasilewskyi Kistner, 1968 ants Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys nigeriensis Kistner, 1963 ants Nigeria
Typhloponemys nigerrima (Bernhauer, 1939) ants Cameroon
Typhloponemys noiroti Kistner, 1965 Dorylus nigricans Ivory Coast, Liberia
Typhloponemys obscura Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys paenesplendida Kistner, 1958 ants Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Typhloponemys pallipennis (Bernhauer, 1934) ants Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zaire, Zambia
Typhloponemys parakohli Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Uganda
Typhloponemys patrizii Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Tanzania, Uganda
Typhloponemys pauliani Kistner, 1965 Dorylus emeryi Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys peostena Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Tanzania
Typhloponemys perplexa Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys photophila Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Tanzania, Zambia
Typhloponemys platycollis Kistner, 1965 Dorylus nigricans Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys pubescens (Wasmann, 1904) Dorylus nigricans; Dorylus mayri Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroun
Typhloponemys pumilio (Bernhauer, 1932) ants Zaire
Typhloponemys punctata (Fauvel, 1899) ants Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaire
Typhloponemys raffrayi (Wasmann, 1897) ants South Africa
Typhloponemys raignieri Kistner, 1958 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys reichenspergeri (Cameron, 1938) ants Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Typhloponemys rufa (Raffray, 1898) ants South Africa
Typhloponemys ruficollis (Cameron, 1938) ants Ivory Coast, Zaire
Typhloponemys rufotestacea (Bernhauer, 1927) ants Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Zaire
Typhloponemys scabra Kistner, 1965 Dorylus nigricans Liberia
Typhloponemys schwabi Jacobson, 1980 ants Cameroon
Typhloponemys schweitzeri Pace, 2009 ants Gabon
Typhloponemys selachoderma Jacobson & Kistner, 1974 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys setifer (Cameron, 1926) ants Gabon, Zaire
Typhloponemys setulosa (Wasmann, 1904) Dorylus nigricans Cameroun
Typhloponemys seydeli Kistner, 1958 ants Zaire, Zambia
Typhloponemys spectabilis (Bernhauer, 1927) ants Tanzania
Typhloponemys splendida (Wasmann, 1904) ants Ivory Coast, Uganda, Zaire
Typhloponemys tambaensis Pace, 2008 ants Guinea
Typhloponemys tanzaniensis Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Tanzania
Typhloponemys termitophila (Wasmann, 1906) ants Zaire
Typhloponemys thayerae Kistner, 2009 ants South Africa
Typhloponemys tubmani Kistner, 1965 Dorylus nigricans Liberia, Ivory Coast
Typhloponemys uncinata Kistner, 1963 ants Nigeria, Zaire
Typhloponemys voltaicus Jacobson, 1980 ants Ghana
Typhloponemys wasmanni (Bernhauer, 1915) Dorylus nigricans Present in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana
Typhloponemys watamuensis Kistner, 1963 ants Kenya, Malawi
Typhloponemys wilkinsoni Kistner, 1963 ants Kenya, Tanzania
Typhloponemys wittei (Cameron, 1950) ants Rwanda, Zaire
Typhloponemys zairensis Jacobson & Kistner, 1975 ants Zaire
Typhloponemys zodium Kistner, 1958 ants Kenya, Zaire

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