Ozaena

This is a myrmecophilous genus of Carabidae (Paussinae) beetles with fourteen described species.

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List of Ozaena and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Ozaena boucheri	Deuve, 2001	host	Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana
Ozaena convexa	Banninger, 1927	host	Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela
Ozaena dentipes	Olivier, 1812	host	French Guiana
Ozaena ecuadorica	Banninger, 1949	host	Ecuador
Ozaena elevata	Banninger, 1956	host	Brazil, Paraguay
Ozaena erwini	Deuve, 2009	host
Ozaena grossa	Banninger, 1927	host	Argentina
Ozaena lemoulti	Banninger, 1932	Camponotus ocreatus	Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Nicaragua, United States (Arizona)
Ozaena linearis	Banninger, 1927	host	Argentina
Ozaena manu	Ball & Shpeley, 1990	host	Peru
Ozaena martinezi	Ogueta, 1965	host	Bolivia, Colombia
Ozaena maxi	Ball & Shpeley, 1990	host	French Guiana
Ozaena moreti	Deuve, 2001	host	Ecuador
Ozaena thomasi	Deuve, 2009	host	Venezuela

REFERENCES

• Ball, G., & Shpeley, D. (1990). SYNOPSIS OF THE NEOTROPICAL GENUS OZAENA OLIVIER: CLASSIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTED EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE: OZAENINI). The Canadian Entomologist, 122(5), 779-815. doi:10.4039/Ent122779-9

• Bänninger, M. Über Carabinae, Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen (Col.) 17. Beitrag. -. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 75 (4): 177-212. (Berlin). (1932).

• Moore W, Di Giulio A (2019) Out of the burrow and into the nest: Functional anatomy of three life history stages of Ozaena lemoulti (Coleoptera: Carabidae) reveals an obligate life with ants. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209790

• Olivier, A.G. Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières; par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d'artistes; précédée d'un vocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l'ouvrage, ornée des portraits de Mm. DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT, premiers éditeurs. pp. 361-722. (Paris: AGASSE). (1812)