Pentaplatarthrus

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

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List of Pentaplatarthrus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Pentaplatarthrus bottegi	Gestro, 1895	ants	Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania
Pentaplatarthrus dollmanni	Wasmann, 1922	ants	Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana
Pentaplatarthrus focki	Wasmann, 1919	ants	Namibia and South Africa
Pentaplatarthrus gestroi	Kolbe, 1896	ants	Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia
Pentaplatarthrus natalensis	Westwood, 1850	ants	Namibia and South Africa
Pentaplatarthrus paussoides	Westwood, 1833	ants	Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Pentaplatarthrus schoutedeni	Reichensperger, 1925	ants	the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pentaplatarthrus vandamii	van de Poll, 1886	ants	Angola and South Africa

REFERENCES

• Gestro, R. Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V.BOTTEGO durante gli anni 1892-1893 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Risultati zoologici. XVI: Coleotteri. -. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo DORIA", 35: 247-478, 2 pls. (Genova). (1895).

• van de Poll, J. R. H. N. 1890. Descriptions of two new Paussidae from the Malay-Islands. Notes from the Leyden Museum, xn : 1-4.

• Wassmann,E.(1922).Die Paussiden des Zoologischen Staats instituts und Zoologischen Museums zu Hamburg(au ßerder Gattung Arthropterus), miteinem Anhangeu ¨berdie Endomy chiden gattung Trochoideus. Beitrag zur Kenntnisder Myrmecophilen).Mitt.Zool.Staats institut Zool. Mus.Hamburg 39,12–38