Myrmechusa
This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with nine species. They are found with Dorylus driver ants.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Myrmechusa brunii | (Eichelbaum, 1908 ) | ants | Kenya | |
Myrmechusa camerounensis | Koblick & Kistner, 1965 | Dorylus rufescens | Cameroun, Rwanda | |
Myrmechusa feae | Bernhauer, 1927 | Dorylus nigricans arcens, Dorylus nigricans molestus | Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal | |
Myrmechusa grandis | Bernhauer, 1938 | ants | Angola, DR Congo, Republic of Congo | |
Myrmechusa katangensis | Koblick & Kistner, 1965 | ants | DR Congo, Tanzania | |
Myrmechusa kivuensis | Kistner & Jacobson, 1982 | ants | DR Congo | |
Myrmechusa kohli | Wasmann, 1916 | Dorylus nigricans molestus, Dorylus wilverthi | DR Congo, Zimbabwe | |
Myrmechusa mirabilis | Wasmann, 1908 | Dorylus nigricans molestus | Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania | |
Myrmechusa selindensis | Hlavac, 2003 | Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri | Zimbabwe |
REFERENCES
- KOBLICK, T.A. & KiSTNER, D.H. 1965: A Revision of the Species of the Genus Myrmechusa from tropical Africa with notes on their behaviour and their relationship to the Pygostenini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58 (1): 28-44.