Claviger (beetle)

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.

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

Species

Species list:^[3]

• Claviger (Clavifer) apenninus Baudi di Selve, 1869
• Claviger araxidis Reitter, 1890
• Claviger barbarus Bedel, 1884
• Claviger bartoni Mařan, 1936
• Claviger caspicus Reitter, 1882
• Claviger ciscaucasicus Reitter, 1910
• Claviger colchicus Motschulsky, 1837
• Claviger duvali Saulcy, 1863
• Claviger (Clavifer) elysius Reitter, 1884
• Claviger emgei Reitter, 1885
• Claviger guilloti Peyerimhoff, 1915
• Claviger (Clavifer) handmanni Wasmann, 1898
• Claviger ibericus Motschulsky, 1844
• Claviger intermedius Besuchet, 1961
• Claviger justinae Reitter, 1887
• Claviger katharinae Escherich, 1897
• Claviger lederi Reitter, 1877
• Claviger (Clavifer) longicornis P.W.J. Müller, 1818
• Claviger (Clavifer) merkli Reitter, 1885
• Claviger montandoni Raffray, 1905
• Claviger nebrodensis Ragusa, 1871
• Claviger nitidus Hampe, 1863
• Claviger oertzeni Reitter, 1885
• Claviger olympicus Escherich, 1897
• Claviger ottomanus Escherich, 1897
• Claviger piochardi Saulcy, 1874
  • Claviger piochardi brucki Saulcy 1874
  • Claviger piochardi piochardi Saulcy, 1874
• Claviger pouzaui Saulcy, 1862
  • Claviger pouzaui cobosi Mateu, 1954
  • Claviger pouzaui pouzaui Saulcy, 1862
  • Claviger pouzaui validus Besuchet, 1961
• Claviger pyrenaeus Raffray, 1887
• Claviger raffrayi Reitter, 1893
• Claviger (Clavifer) revelierei Saulcy, 1874
• Claviger saulcyi Brissout de Barneville, 1866
  • Claviger saulcyi espanoli Mateu, 1954
  • Claviger saulcyi lucens Besuchet, 1961
  • Claviger saulcyi saulcyi Brissout de Barneville, 1866
• Claviger (Claviger) testaceus Preyssler, 1790
  • Claviger testaceus persicus B. Bodemeyer, 1927
  • Claviger testaceus testaceus Preyssler, 1790
  • Claviger testaceus perezii Reitter, 1881

See also

• Lasius claviger, a variety of ant

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.