Clinterocera

There are thirty-two species in this myrmecophilous genus of Scarabaeidae (Cremastocheilini) found in China and adjacent regions. Liometopum is a host ant.

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List of Clinterocera and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Clinterocera anthracina	Heller, 1897	ant host unknown	Indonesia
Clinterocera barclayi	Legrand & Chew, 2010	host unknown	Brunei, Indonesia
Clinterocera bicolor	Nonfried, 1893	ants	India
Clinterocera borneensis	Krikken, 1982	host unknown	Indonesia
Clintocera brevifasciata	Xu & Qiu, 2018	ants	China, Vietnam
Clinterocera cervenkai	Krajcik, 2012	host unknown	China
Clinterocera cruciata	Moser, 1901	host unknown	Viet Nam
Clinterocera cyprilrusi	Legrand & Chew Kea Foo, 2010	host unknown	Indonesia, Malaysia
Clinterocera davidis	Fairmaire, 1878	Liometopum sinense	China, Taiwan, Vietnam
Clinterocera discipennis	Fairmaire, 1889	ants	China
Clinterocera donckieri	Bourgoin, 1924	ants	China
Clinterocera heinrichi	Krikken, 2016	ants	Indonesia: Sulawesi
Clinterocera helleri	Fairmaire, 1897	ants	China
Clinterocera humeralis	Moser, 1902	ants	Palearctic
Clinterocera ishikawai	Kurosawa, 1973	ants	Japan
Clinterocera jucunda	Westwood, 1874	ants	Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Clinterocera mandarina	Westwood, 1874	ants	China, Japan
Clinterocera nigra	Kano, 1931	ants	Palaearctic
Clinterocera obsoleta	Fairmaire, 1878	Tetramorium tsushimae	China, North Korea, Russia, South Korea
Clinterocera opaca	Fairmaire, 1887	ants	China
Clinterocera pilifer	Moser, 1921	ants	Singapore
Clinterocera pusilla	Arrow, 1910	ants	India
Clinterocera raui	Paulian, 1961	ants	China, Laos, Vietnam
Clinterocera rubra	Ma, 1992	ants	China
Clinterocera rufithorax	Moser, 1901	ants	Viet Nam
Clinterocera rufiventris	Fairmaire, 1904	ants	Laos, Vietnam
Clinterocera scabrosa	Motschulsky, 1853	ants	China
Clinterocera spondylidea	Mohnike, 1871	ants	Indonesia
Clinterocera trimaculata	Ma, 1993	Liometopum sinense	China, Vietnam
Clinterocera tuberculata	Krajcik, 2011	ants	China
Clinterocera vitalisi	Bourgoin, 1924	ants	Laos
Clinterocera vollenhoveni	Westwood, 1874	ants	Indonesia, Malaysia
Clinterocera yunnana	Moser, 1911	ants	China

REFERENCES

• Jákl, S. (2017) A contribution to the knowledge of genus Clinterocera Motschulsky, 1858 with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Cetoniinae). Cetoniimania, New Series, 10, 3–25.

• Krikken, J. 2016. First records of the cremastocheiline genus Clinterocera Motschulsky, 1853 from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 4170(2): 393–400.

• Li, J.K. (2005) New record of Clinterocera raui (Paulian) 1961 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidea, Cetoniidae). Cetoniimania, 2 (1), 31.

• Ma, W. - Z. (1993 a) Coleoptera: Cetoniidae, Trichiidae and Valgidae. In: Huang, F. - S. (Ed.), Insects of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 284 - 288.

• Qiu, J.-Y. & H. Xu. 2018. Taxonomy and natural history of the myrmecophilous genus Clinterocera Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from China and adjacent regions: definition of species group and revision of the C. discipennis species group. Zootaxa 4127(1): 81–104.