Terapus
There are fourteen species in this myrmecophilous genus of New World Histeridae. The host ant is the genus Pheidole.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Terapus arizonensis | Ross, 1938 | Pheidole | Arizona | |
Terapus balloui | Hinton, 1934 | Pheidole tepicana | Mexico | |
Terapus bickhardti | Bruch, 1922 | ants | South America: Argentina | |
Terapus flechtmanni | Dégallier, 1999 | ants | South America | |
Terapus infernalis | (Fall, 1907) | Pheidole hyatti | California | |
Terapus manni | Hinton, 1945 | ants | Mexico | |
Terapus marseuli | Westwood, 1874 | ants | South America | |
Terapus mexicanus | Mann, 1926 | ants | Mexico | |
Terapus mirificus | Reichensperger, 1926 | Acromyrmex disciger, Pheidole | South America | |
Terapus mnizechi | Marseul, 1862 | Pheidole obtusospinosa | Mexico, United States | |
Terapus nigritus | Hinton, 1934 | Pheidole tepicana | Mexico, Venezuela | |
Terapus rufosetosus | Bruch, 1930 | ants | South America: Argentina | |
Terapus scaphipes | Reichensperger, 1933 | ants | South America | |
Terapus wagneri | Desbordes, 1914 | ants | South America |
REFERENCES
- Degallier, Nicolas 1998: Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Neotropical Histeridae with the description of Brasilister flechtmanni nov gen, nov sp and Terapus flechtmanni nov sp Coleoptera, Histeridae Notes taxonomiques et faunistiques sur les Histeridae neotropicaux avec la description de Brasilister flechtmanni nov gen, nov sp et Terapus flechtmanni nov sp Coleoptera, Histeridae. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. Mars; 151: 45-62
- Hinton, H.E. (1945) A key to the North American species of Terapus, with description of a new species (Col., Histeridae). Proceeding of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 14 (B), 38–45.
- Marseul, S. A. de. 1863. Supplément a la monographie des Histérides (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Séries 1-6 ser.4:t.2 (1862): 669-720; pls. 16-17.
- Ross, E.S.1938.New North American Histeridae. Ent. News 49:48-51.