Claviger

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This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with 32 species. All are inquilines in the nests of ants.


List of Claviger and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Claviger apenninus Baudi di Selve, 1869 ants Italy
Claviger araxidis Reitter, 1890 ants Armenia
Claviger barbarus Bedel, 1884 ants ALGERIA, MOROCCO
Claviger bartoni Mařan, 1936 ants Greece
Claviger caspicus Reitter, 1882 ants AZERBAIJAN, IRAN
Claviger ciscaucasicus Reitter, 1910 ants Russia
Claviger colchicus Motschulsky, 1837 ants ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, RUSSIA (SOUTH EUROPEAN), TURKEY, IRAN
Claviger duvali Saulcy, 1863 ants FRANCE
Claviger elysius Reitter, 1884 ants BULGARIA, GREECE
Claviger emgei Reitter, 1885 ants Bulgaria, Greece
Claviger guilloti Peyerimhoff, 1915 ants Algeria
Claviger hageni Motschulsky, 1851 ants Russian Federation
Claviger handmanni Wasmann, 1898 ants BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, GREECE, ROMANIA
Claviger ibericus Motschulsky, 1844 ants ARMENIA, GEORGIA
Claviger intermedius Besuchet, 1961 ants SPAIN
Claviger justinae Reitter, 1887 ants AZERBAIJAN
Claviger katharinae Escherich, 1897 ants TURKEY; IRAN
Claviger lederi Reitter, 1877 ants GEORGIA, TURKEY
Claviger longicornis P.W.J. Müller, 1818 Lasius sabularum EUROPE (AU BE BH BU CR CZ DE FR GB GE HU IT NL PL PT RO SP SK SL SV SZ UK YU)
Claviger merkli Reitter, 1885 ants BULGARIA, GREECE, TURKEY; IRAN
Claviger montandoni Raffray, 1905 ants ROMANIA
Claviger nebrodensis Ragusa, 1871 ants ITALY
Claviger nitidus Hampe, 1863 ants EUROPE (BH CR MC SK SL YU)
Claviger oertzeni Reitter, 1885 ants Greece
Claviger olympicus Escherich, 1897 ants TURKEY; IRAN
Claviger ottomanus Escherich, 1897 ants TURKEY
Claviger piochardi Saulcy, 1874 ants FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL
Claviger pouzaui Saulcy, 1862 ants FRANCE, SPAIN
Claviger pyrenaeus Raffray, 1887 ants
Claviger raffrayi Reitter, 1893 ants ARMENIA
Claviger revelierei Saulcy, 1874 ants FRANCE
Claviger saulcyi Brissout de Barneville, 1866 ants SPAIN
Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 Lasius flavus Bulgaria, Poland

REFERENCES

  • Mařan, J. Nový druh rodu Claviger Preyss. z řecka a poznámky o geografickém rozšíření některých Clavigeridů. Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické, 33: 26-27. (1936).
  • Motschulsky, V. Bemerkungen zu dem im Vten Bande der Zeitschrift für die Entomologie p. 192 von H.rn Maerkel gegebenen 'Beitraege zur Kenntniss der unter Ameisen lebenden Insekten'. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 17 (4): 812-823. (1844).
  • Reitter, E. Beschreibungen neuer Coleopteren aus Europa, dem Kaukasus, Russisch-Armenien und Turkestan. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 9 (7): 189-198. (1890).