Pella

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This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with sixty-one species, several of which are myrmecophiles.


List of Pella and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Pella angustula (Casey, 1893) ants Illinois
Pella barbara (Fairmaire, 1864) ants
Pella beijingorum (Pace, 1998) ants Japan
Pella bohaci (M.Dvořák, 1984) ants
Pella brasiliana (Wendeler, 1956) ants Brazil
Pella caliginosa (Casey, 1893) ants Canada, United States
Pella carolina (Casey, 1911) ants
Pella cinctipennis (Eppelsheim, 1884) ants Lebanon
Pella cognata (Märkel, 1842) Lasius fuliginosus Germany
Pella comes (Sharp, 1874) ants Japan
Pella cooterorum Maruyama, 2006 ants China
Pella coreana Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella criddlei (Casey, 1911) ants Canada
Pella discolor Assing, 2008 ants
Pella ecuamazzonica (Pace, 2008) ants Ecuador
Pella erratica (Hagens, 1863) ants
Pella excepta (Mulsant & Rey, 1861) ants
Pella fauveli (Sharp, 1883) Lasius California
Pella feldmanni Assing, 2019 ants
Pella funesta (Gravenhorst, 1806) Lasius fuliginosus Germany
Pella gesneri Klimaszewski, 2005 ants
Pella gibbera Assing, 2007 ants Turkey
Pella glooscapi Klimaszewski & Majka, 2009 ants Canada
Pella hampei (Kraatz, 1862) ants Ukraine
Pella hlavaci Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella horii Maruyama, 2006 ants Japan
Pella humeralis (Gravenhorst, 1802) Lasius fuliginosus, Formica polyctena Germany
Pella iberica Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella indiscreta (Sharp, 1888) ants Japan
Pella intermedia Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella japonica (Sharp, 1888) ants Japan
Pella jelineki Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella jureceki (M.Dvořák, 1981) ants China
Pella kidaorum Maruyama, 2006 ants Japan
Pella kinomurai Maruyama, 2006 ants Japan
Pella kirgisica Assing, 2009 ants
Pella kishimotoi Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella kuluensis (Cameron, 1939) ants
Pella laticollis (Märkel, 1842) Lasius fuliginosus Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain
Pella leonhardi (Bernhauer, 1912) ants
Pella limbata (Paykull, 1789) ants Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Germany, France, Russian Federation, Finland, United Kingdom of Great Britain, Estonia, France
Pella loricata (Casey, 1911) ants Illinois
Pella lugens (Gravenhorst, 1802) ants Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Belgium, United Kingdom of Great Britain, Italy
Pella maoershanensis Song & Li, 2013 Lasius spathepus China
Pella masakoae Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella maura (Fauvel, 1898) ants
Pella planifer (Casey, 1893) ants Pennsylvania
Pella plutenkoi Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella primorskyiana Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella puetzi Assing, 2009 ants
Pella pumila (Fiori, 1914) ants Italy
Pella rambouseki (Bernhauer, 1929) ants Russian Federation
Pella recisa (Casey, 1911) ants
Pella reuteri Assing, 2008 ants
Pella ruficollis (Grimm, 1845) ants Italy, Austria, Belgium
Pella schillhammeri Maruyama, 2006 ants
Pella schmitti (Hamilton, 1895) ants
'Pella sichuanensis Zheng, Dan-Lin & Mei-Jun Zhao, 2014 ants China
Pella similis (Märkel, 1844) ants Austria, Ukraine, Switzerland, Netherlands
Pella socia (Sharp, 1874) ants Japan
Pella spreta (Sharp, 1888) ants Japan
Pella sultanica Assing, 2008 ants
Pella tianmuensis Yan, Zhu-Qi & Li-Zhen Li, 2015 ants China
Pella zhoui Maruyama, 2006 ants China

REFERENCES

  • Assing, V. New species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Turkey V (Coleoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A: Biologie), 700: 1-64. (2007)
  • Assing, V. Three new species of Pella Stephens from Turkey and Iraq, with a checklist of the species recorded from Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 40 (1): 235-243. (2008).
  • Assing V (2009) New species and additional records of Lomechusini from the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie), Neue Serie 2: 201-226.
  • Assing, Volker. 2019. On the Lomechusini fauna of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. XXVI. New species, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Beiträge zur entomologie 69(1): 33-70.
  • Gravenhorst, J. L. C. Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non exoticorum quotquot exstant in collectionibus entomologorum Brunsvicensium in genera, familiae et species distribuit. C. Reichard, Brunsuigae [Braunschweig]. lxvi + 206 pp. (1802).
  • Hlaváč P, Newton AF, Maruyama M (2011) World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075: 1-151.
  • Hölldolber, B. & Möglich, M & Maschwitz, Ulrich. (1981). Myrmecophilic Relationship of Pella (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) to Lasius Fuliginosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche. 88. 10.1155/1981/75317.
  • Märkel, J. C. F. Anfrage und Bitte. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin), 3 (6): 142-144. (1842).
  • Maruyama M (2006) Revision of the Palearctic species of the myrmecophilous genus Pella (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). National Science Monographs 32: 1-207.
  • Pace, R. Aleocharinae della Cina: Parte IV (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 105 (4): 911-982. (1998).
  • Pace, R. New records of Aleocharinae from Ecuador and Peru, with the description of new species, new subgenera and new genera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 225-398. In: Giachino, P. M. (ed.). Biodiversity of South America. I. Memoirs on Biodiversity I, World Biodiversity Association Onlus, Verona. 496 pp. (2008).