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
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Superfamily:	Staphylinoidea
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