Alaudes

This is a myrmecophilous genus of Tenebrionidae with eight species. All are assumed to be inquilines in the nests of ants. Their biology is relatively unknown and their relationships with ants is a mystery.

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  Alaudes singularis

List of Alaudes and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Alaudes alternata	Fall, 1928	ants	California, Los Angeles County only
Alaudes californicus	Aalbu, Caterino, and Smith, 2018	ants	California. Lower San Joaquin Valley
Alaudes coloradoensis	Aalbu, Caterino, and Smith, 2018	ants	California, Colorado Desert
Alaudes moenkopii	Aalbu, Caterino, and Smith, 2018	ants	Arizona and southern Utah, Colorado Plateau
Alaudes mojavensis	Aalbu, Caterino, and Smith, 2018	Veromessor pergandei	California, Arizona, Mojave Desert
Alaudes setigera	Blaisdell, 1919	Crematogaster, Pheidole	Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Baja California
Alaudes singularis	Horn, 1870	Crematogaster, Solenopsis, Pheidole, Formica francoeuri, Formica moki, Formica obscuripes, Liometopum	California, Arizona, southern Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Mexico, northern Baja California
Alaudes vizcainensis	Aalbu, Caterino, and Smith, 2018	Pheidole vistana	Mexico, Baja California

REFERENCES

• Alaibu, R., Caterino, M.S., and Aaron D. Smith 2018. Studies in the Cnemeplatiini I: A New Subtribe and Revision of the Genus Alaudes Horn (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Cnemeplatiini), with Descriptions of New Species from the Southwestern USA and Mexico, Including Notes on Distribution and Biology. The Coleopterists Bulletin: 72(2):249-268

• Blaisdell, F. 1919. Studies in Alaudes (Coleoptera;Tenebrionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. vol. 45 (4): 307-313.