Pentaplatarthus

Pentaplatarthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Pentaplatarthus
Westwood, 1833

Pentaplatarthus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Pentaplatarthrus schoutedeni Reichensperger, 1925
  • Pentaplatarthrus bottegi Gestro, 1895
  • Pentaplatarthrus dollmanni Wasmann, 1922
  • Pentaplatarthrus focki Wasmann, 1919
  • Pentaplatarthrus gestroi H.Kolbe, 1896
  • Pentaplatarthrus natalensis Westwood, 1850
  • Pentaplatarthrus paussoides Westwood, 1833
  • Pentaplatarthrus vandamii Van De Poll, 1886

These are Ant nest beetles and are obligate myrmecophiles predatory on ant larvae and workers.

References

  1. ↑ "Pentaplatarthrus Westwood, 1833". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 21 Jul 2011.


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