Claviger (beetle)

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Claviger
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Claviger testaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Staphylinidae
Subfamily:
Pselaphinae
Genus:
Claviger

Claviger is a genus of beetles in the family Staphylinidae, subfamily Pselaphinae. About 40 species and subspecies are described, divided into two subgenera, Claviger (Claviger) and Claviger (Clavifer). [1] [2] Claviger displays unusual biological adaptations to myrmecophily. This pselaphid is of palearctic distribution.

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Species

Species list: [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Borowiec ML, Ruta R, Kubisz D. New records of Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 and C. longicornis Müller, 1818 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) in Poland with review of their habits. „Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne”. 79, s. 261-269, 2010
  2. ↑ Alfred F. Newton, Jr., Donald S. Chandler: World catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1989 s. 63
  3. ↑ Löbl I, Smetana A: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea-Histeroidea-Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, 2004 ISBN   8788757749
  4. Cammaerts R. Le système glandulaire tégumentaire du coléoptère myrmécophile Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 (Pselaphidae) [The integumentary glandular system of the myrmecophilous beetleClaviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 (Pselaphidae)]. „Zoomorphology”. 77 (3), s. 187–219, 1974. doi:10.1007/BF00389904.
  5. Cammaerts R. Regurgitation behaviour of the Lasius flavus worker (Formicidae) towards the myrmecophilous beetle Claviger testaceus (Pselaphidae) and other recipients. „Behavioural Processes”. 34 (3), s. 241-264, 1995. doi:10.1016/0376-6357(94)00068-R.
  6. Cammaerts R. Stimuli inducing the regurgitation of the workers of Lasius flavus (Formicidae) upon the myrmecophilous beetle Claviger testaceus (Pselaphidae). „Behavioural Processes”, s. 81-95, 1992. doi:10.1016/0376-6357(92)90051-E.
  7. Factors affecting the regurgitation behaviour of the ant Lasius flavus (Formicidae) to the guest beetle Claviger testaceus (Pselaphidae). „Behavioural Processes”. 38 (3), s. 297–312, 1996. doi:10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00040-X.
  8. Krüger E. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Biologie des Claviger testaceus Preyssl. „Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie”. 95 (2), s. 327-381, 1910.
  9. Päivinen J, Ahlroth P, Kaitala V, Kotiaho JS, Suhonen J, Virola T. Species richness and regional distribution of myrmecophilous beetles. „Oecologia”. 134 (4), s. 587–595, 2003. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1141-z.


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