Sternocoelis

The genus Sternocoelis Lewis, 1888 is a small genus of myrmecophilous histerids with 27 described species distributed in the Mediterranean area with most species described from Morocco and Algeria.

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  Sternoceolis berberus

List of Sternocoelis and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Sternocoelis acutangulus	(Lewis, 1887)	Aphaenogaster sardoa	Morocco, Spain
Sternocoelis alluaudi	Théry, 1921	Aphaenogaster gemella	Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar
Sternocoelis arachnoides	Fairmaire, 1877	Aphaenogaster sardoa and Aphaenogaster strioloides	Morocco, Spain
Sternocoelis bedeli	Lewis, 1884	Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Sternocoelis berberus	Lackner et Yélamos, 2001	Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa	Morocco
Sternocoelis comosellus	(Fairmaire, 1883)	Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa	Algeria
Sternocoelis diversepunctatus	Pic, 1911	Aphaenogaster balcanica	Cyprus
Sternocoelis espadaleri	Yélamos, 1995	Aphaenogaster baronii	Morocco
Sternocoelis fusculus	(Schmidt, 1888)	Aphaenogaster gemella	Gibraltar, Morocco, Spain
Sternocoelis grandis	(Reitter, 1883)	ants	AZERBAIJAN, IRAN (TALYSH), JORDAN; ?GREECE
Sternocoelis hispanicus	Rosenhauer, 1856	Aphaenogaster senilis	Morocco, Portugal, Spain
Sternocoelis incisus	(Schmidt, 1885)	Aphaenogaster	Spain
Sternocoelis laevidorsis	(Fairmaire, 1876)	Cataglyphis bicolor and Cataglyphis viatica	Algeria, Tunisia
Sternocoelis lewisi	(Reitter, 1883)	ants	Greece
Sternocoelis marginalis	Normand, 1915	Cataglyphis mauritanica	Tunisia
Sternocoelis marseulii	(Brisout de Barneville, 1866)	Aphaenogaster	Spain
Sternocoelis merklii	(Schmidt, 1885)	Messor structor	Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
Sternocoelis otini	Peyerimhoff, 1949	Cataglyphis mauritanica	Morocco (type)
Sternocoelis pluristriatus	(Fairmaire, 1876)	Aphaenogaster	Algeria
Sternocoelis puberulus	(Motschulsky, 1858)	Formica fusca	Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia
Sternocoelis punctulatus	(Lucas, 1855)	Aphaenogaster and Messor barbarus	Algeria
Sternocoelis robustus	Pic, 1911	ants	Cyprus island.
Sternocoelis setulosus	Reitter, 1872	Aphaenogaster afra	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Sternocoelis slaoui	Théry, 1921	Aphaenogaster sardoa and Aphaenogaster strioloides	Morocco
Sternocoelis sulcaticollis	Pic, 1937	ants	Morocco
Sternocoelis vaucheri	Lewis, 1896	Aphaenogaster sardoa Aphaenogaster strioloides Aphaenogaster crocea	Morocco
Sternocoelis viaticus	Lewis, 1892	Aphaenogaster gibbosa	Algeria
Sternocoelis yelamosi	Lackner and Hlavác, 2012	Aphaenogaster mauritanica	Morocco

REFERENCES

• Fairmaire, L. (1877) Description de Coléoptères nouveaux du nord de l'Afrique. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques, (2) 9 (163).

• Fairmaire, L. (1883) Descriptions de Coléoptères recueillis par M. le Baron Bonnaire en Algérie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 27 (Compte–Rendu des Séances).

• Lackner, T. & P. Hlavac. 2012. Description of a new species of Sternocoelis from Morocco with proposal of the Sternocoelis marseulii species group (Coleoptera, Histeridae). Zookeys (181):11-21.

• Lackner T, Yélamos T. (2001) Contribution to the knowledge of the Moroccan fauna of Sternocoelis Lewis, 1888 and Eretmotus Lacordaire, 1854 (Coleoptera: Histeridae). ZAPATERI, Revista Aragonesa de Entomologia 9: 99-102.

• Lewis, G. (1884) On a new species of Hetaerius. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 21.

• Lewis, G. (1887) On a new species of Hetaerius from Tangier. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 24.

• Lewis, G. 1896. On a new species of Sternocoelis. Ent. Monthly Mag., 32: 62.

• Mazur, S. 1984. A world catalogue of Histeridae. Pois. Pismo Ent., 54, 3-4: 1-379

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• Pic, M. 1910. Descriptions ou diagnoses et notes diverses (suite). L'Echange, 26(305): 33-34.

• Pic, M. 1911. Descriptions ou diagnoses et notes diverses (suite). L'Echange , 27(318): 137-139.

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• Reitter, E. (1883) Diagnosen neuer Histeriden aus Europa. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 2 (6).

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• Thery, A. 1921. Histerides nouveaux du Maroc (Insectes Coleopteres). Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc , 1920-1921, 1: 16-21.

• Walker, J.J. 1889. Notes on Ant's-nest beetles at Gibraltar and Tangier, with especial reference to the Histeridae. Ent. Monthly Mag., XXV: 374-378.

• Yelamos, T. 1993. Los Sternocoelis Lewis, 1888 de la Peninsula Iberica (Coleoptera, Histeridae). Boltt. Asoc. esp. Ent.. 17(2): 149-164.

• Yélamos T. (1995) Revision of the genus Sternocoelis Lewis, 1888 (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with a proposed phylogeny. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 102 (1): 113-174.