Eohomopterus
This is a myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae with five species.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Eohomopterus aequatoriensis | (Wasmann, 1899) | ants | Ecuador | |
Eohomopterus centenarius | Luna de Carvalho, 1960 | ants | Brazil | |
Eohomopterus paulmuelleri | Nagel, 1987 | ants | Dominican Republic, amber | extinct |
Eohomopterus poinari | Nagel, 1997 | ants | Dominican Republic, amber | extinct |
Eohomopterus simojovelensis | Solorzano & Kraemer, 2006 | ants | Mexico, Chiapas | extinct |
REFERENCES
- NAGEL, P. 1987b. Fossil ant nest beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussina). – Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 35/36: 137–170.
- NAGEL, P. 1997. New fossil paussids from Dominican amber with notes on the phylogenetic systematics of the paussine complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae). – Systematic Entomology 22: 345–362.