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Arthropterus
This is a myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae (Paussinae) beetles with seventy-nine described species distributed in Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia.The larvae are assumed to be myrmecopilous while the adults are assumed to be independent of ants.
Arthropterus W.S.MacLeay, 1838 = Archarthropterus Kolbe, 1924 = Euarthropterus Kolbe, 1924 = Panarthropterus Kolbe, 1924 = Pelarthropterus Kolbe, 1924 = Peltarthropterus Kolbe, 1924 = Phymatopterus Westwood, 1838 = Sticharthropterus Kolbe, 1924 = Telarthropterus Kolbe, 1924
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthropterus abnormis | Oke, 1932 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus adelaidae | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus ambitiosus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus andreei | (Wasmann, 1929) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus angulatus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus angulicornis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus antiquus | (Wasmann, 1926) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus articularis | Elston, 1919 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus aterrimus | (Wasmann, 1929) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus bisinuatus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus brevicollis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus brevis | Westwood, 1851 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus brunni | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus cerapteroides | Mjampberg, 1916 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus constricticeps | Sloane, 1933 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus cribrosus | Sloane, 1933 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus daemelianus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus darlingensis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus denudatus | (Westwood, 1850) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus depressus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus discrepans | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus distinctus | (Thomson, 1860) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus donovani | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus elongatulus | Macleay, 1871 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus eruditulus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus foveicollis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus foveipennis | Blackburn, 1892 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus fraternus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus geminus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus hirtus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia: New South Wales | |
| Arthropterus hopei | (Westwood, 1843) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus horni | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus howittensis | Masters, 1886 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus howittii | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus humeralis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus insidiosus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus kingii | Macleay, 1871 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus latipennis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus limitans | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus longicollis | Sloane, 1933 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus macleayi | (Donovan, 1805) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus mastersii | Macleay, 1871 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus melbournei | (Westwood, 1874) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus montanus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus moretoni | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus neglectus | Lea, 1910 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus negligens | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus nigricornis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus occidentalis | Blackburn, 1892 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus odewahnii | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus ominosus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus ovicollis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus pellax | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus pervicax | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus petax | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus piceus | (Westwood, 1838) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus picipes | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus planicornis | Sloane, 1933 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus punctatissimus | (Westwood, 1874) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus puncticollus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus quadricollis | (Westwood, 1874) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus queenslandiae | Wasmann, 1926 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus riverinae | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus rockhamptonensis | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus schismaticus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus schroederi | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus scutellaris | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus secedens | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus simiolus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus socius | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus spadiceus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus sphinx | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus subampilatus | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus subangulatus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus subsulcatus | (Westwood, 1850) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus suspectus | Kolbe, 1924 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus turneri | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus waterhousei | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus westwoodii | Macleay, 1871 | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus wilsoni | (Westwood, 1850) | ants | Australia | |
| Arthropterus wyanamattae | Macleay, 1873 | ants | Australia |
REFERENCES
- Elston, A.H. Australian Coleoptera - Part 1 Paussidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 43: 342-348. (1919).
- Kolbe H.J. 1924: Zur Kenntnis der Paussiden Australiens: Untergattungen von Arthropterus (Col.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1924: 345–353
- Lorenz, W. (1998). ‘Systematic list of extant ground beetles of the world. Insecta Coleoptera “Geadephaga”: Trachypachidae and Carabidae incl. Paussinae, Cicindelinae, Rhysodinae).’ 1st Edn. (Published by the author: Tutzing, Germany.)
- MacLeay, William S. 1838. On a new species of Cerapterus. In: Macleay, W.S. Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa, being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope association for exploring Central Africa". Smith, Elder and Co., London. Vol. 1: 72–75.
- Macleary, W.—Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W., ii, Pt. 2, 1871, p. 153 ; iMd., ii, Pt. 5, 1873, p. 337.
- Nagel, P. (1979). Aspects of the evolution of myrmecophilous adaptations in Paussinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae). In ‘On the Evolution of Behaviour in Carabid Beetles.’ (Eds P. J. den Boer, H. U. Thiele and F. Weber.) pp. 15–34. (Agricultural University: Wageningen, The Netherlands.)
- Oke, C.G. Notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 57 (3/4): 148-172. (1932).