Batrisodes
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This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with 89 species. . Adult and immature Batrisodes are generalist predators/ myrmecophiles that inhabit tree holes, forest litter, rotten wood, caves, and are occasionally found in the presence of ants (some species are obligate myrmecophiles). While poorly known at the level of species, Batrisodes is one of the most studied genera within Pselaphinae in terms of biology, largely due to the work of Luigi De Marzo and Orlando Park.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Subgenus |
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Batrisodes abdominalis | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Ectomomyrmex | China | |
Batrisodes acuminatus | (Sharp, 1883) | ants | Japan | |
Batrisodes acutifrons | Jeannel, 1958 | ants | Japan | Excavodes |
Batrisodes adnexus | (Hampe, 1863) | ants | EUROPE (AU CR CZ DE FI FR GB GE HU IT PL RO SK SL SV SZ UK YU), RUSSIA | |
Batrisodes albionicus | (Aubé, 1833) | ants | United States: Alaska | Empinodes |
Batrisodes angustelytratus | Yin, Zi-Wei, Jia-Wei Shen & Li-Zhen Li, 2015 | ants | China | |
Batrisodes angustus | (Sharp, 1874) | ants | Japan | Excavodes |
Batrisodes antennatus | Schaeffer, 1906 | ants | USA (NC,PA,TN,VA) | Babnormodes |
Batrisodes aphenogastri | Fall, 1912 | Aphaenogaster | United States: Idaho | Empinodes |
Batrisodes asteriscus | (Schaufuss, 1887) | ants | Brazil | |
Batrisodes auerbachi | Park, 1956 | ants | United States: Tennessee | Excavodes |
Batrisodes grossus | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Odontomachus | China | |
Batrisodes ionae | (LeConte, 1849) | Lasius | United States: Indiana | Elytrodes |
Batrisodes qiului | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Pheidole | China | |
Batrisodes simianshanus | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Aphaenogaster | China | |
Batrisodes tianmuensis | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Ectomomyrmex | China | |
Batrisodes xuhaoi | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Lasius | China | |
Batrisodes zhouchaoi | Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | Lasius, Nylanderia | China | |
Batrisodes babaianus | Nomura, 2007 | ants? | Taiwan | |
Batrisodes barri | Park, 1958 | ants? | United States | |
Batrisodes beyeri | Schaeffer, 1906 | ants? | United States | |
Batrisodes bistriatus | (LeConte, 1849) | United States | ||
Batrisodes buqueti | (Aubé, 1833) | France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Netherlands | ||
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REFERENCES
- Aubé, C. Pselaphiorum monographia cum synonymia extricata. Magasin de Zoologie, 3: 1-72, pls. 78-94. (1833).
- Hampe, C. Ein kleiner Beitrag zur gross-österreichischen Käferfauna. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift, 7 (8): 285-290. (1863)
- Jeannel, R. Révision des Psélaphides du Japon. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A: Zoologie), 18 (1): 1-138. (1958).
- Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin. Eight new species of Batrisodes Reitter from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). ZooKeys, 694: 11–30. (2017).
- Mann, W. M. 1911. Notes on the guests of some California ants. Psyche 18: 27–31.
- Nomura, S. Two new species of the genus Batrisodes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Taiwan. Elytra, 35 (1): 76-84. (2007).
- Park, O. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 31 (1): 54-100. (1956).
- Park, O. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles chiefly from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 33 (1): 39-74. (1958).
- Schaufuss, L. W. Beschreibung neuer Pselaphiden aus der Sammlung des Museum Ludwig Salvator. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Brasiliens, der Kgl. Niederländischen Besitzungen in Indien und Neuhollands. (Fortsetzung ...). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 30: 91-165, pls. 7-9. (1887).
- Yin, Zi-Wei, Jia-Wei Shen & Li-Zhen Li. New species and new combinations of Asian Batrisodes Reitter (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), and synonymy of Batrisodellus Jeannel with Batrisodes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 62 (1): 45-54. (2015).