Brachygluta Explained

Brachygluta is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. They are specialist predators of mites. ^[1] There are more than 80 described species in Brachygluta.

Species

These 87 species belong to the genus Brachygluta:

• Brachygluta abdominalis (Aubé, 1833)
• Brachygluta abrupta Dodero, 1919
• Brachygluta angelinii Sabella, 1997
• Brachygluta appennina (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta arguta (Casey, 1897)
• Brachygluta arizonae (Casey, 1887)
• Brachygluta aubei (Tournier, 1868)
• Brachygluta balcanica (Saulcy, 1878)
• Brachygluta belfragei LeConte, 1880
• Brachygluta cavernosa (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta cavicornis (Brendel, 1865)
• Brachygluta celtiberica (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta chisos Sabella
• Brachygluta cochimi Buckle
• Brachygluta corniventris (Motschulsky, 1856)
• Brachygluta corsica (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta curvicera (Motschulsky, 1854)
• Brachygluta cypria (Baudi di Selve, 1869)
• Brachygluta dentata (Say, 1824)
• Brachygluta dentiventris (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta dichroa (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta diecki (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta eldredgei Chandler
• Brachygluta elegans (Brendel, 1890)
• Brachygluta exigua Besuchet, 1963
• Brachygluta floridana (Brendel, 1865)
• Brachygluta fossulata (Reichenbach, 1816)
• Brachygluta foveata (LeConte, 1851)
• Brachygluta foveola (Motschulsky, 1840)
• Brachygluta franciscae Besuchet, 1963
• Brachygluta furcata (Motschulsky, 1835)
• Brachygluta galathea (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta globulicollis (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)
• Brachygluta guillemardi (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta haematica (Reichenbach, 1816)
• Brachygluta helferi (Schmidt-Goebel, 1836)
• Brachygluta hipponensis (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta hispana Besuchet, 1963
• Brachygluta infinita (Casey, 1886)
• Brachygluta intermedia (Brendel, 1866)
• Brachygluta intricata (Casey, 1894)
• Brachygluta jacobina Casey, 1908
• Brachygluta judaica Besuchet
• Brachygluta kiowa Sabella
• Brachygluta klamath Buckle
• Brachygluta klimschi Holdhaus, 1902
• Brachygluta labyrinthea (Casey, 1894)
• Brachygluta lareaui Chandler
• Brachygluta lefebvrei (Aubé, 1833)
• Brachygluta loripes (Casey, 1894)
• Brachygluta luniger (LeConte, 1849)
• Brachygluta maxima (Reitter, 1884)
• Brachygluta mayo Sabella
• Brachygluta miccosukee Buckle
• Brachygluta moczarskii Holdhaus, 1908
• Brachygluta mormon Bowman, 1934
• Brachygluta narentina Reitter, 1890
• Brachygluta nodosa (Motschulsky, 1835)
• Brachygluta numidica (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta occidentalis Besuchet, 1963
• Brachygluta ochanensis Reitter, 1909
• Brachygluta paludosa (Peyron, 1858)
• Brachygluta perpunctata (Brendel, 1890)
• Brachygluta pirazzolii (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta pusilla Besuchet, 1958
• Brachygluta ragusae Saulcy, 1876
• Brachygluta retowskii (Simon, 1883)
• Brachygluta revelierei (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta sardoa (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta sengleti Besuchet, 1969
• Brachygluta seri Chandler
• Brachygluta shawnee Chandler
• Brachygluta sinuata (Aubé, 1833)
• Brachygluta spinicoxis (Motschulsky, 1835)
• Brachygluta tamaulipec Sabella
• Brachygluta terebrata (Casey, 1894)
• Brachygluta texana (Casey, 1886)
• Brachygluta tibialis (Aubé, 1844)
• Brachygluta transversalis (Schaum, 1859)
• Brachygluta trigonoprocta (Ganglbauer, 1895)
• Brachygluta tristis (C.Hampe, 1863)
• Brachygluta tuberculata (Baudi di Selve, 1869)
• Brachygluta uhagoni (Saulcy, 1876)
• Brachygluta ulkei (Brendel, 1866)
• Brachygluta vicaria Besuchet, 1963
• Brachygluta wickhami Buckle
• Brachygluta xanthoptera Reichenbach, 1816

Further reading

• Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. 2011. Frank . J. H.. Ahn . K. J.. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 3392188. 22792029. free. 2011ZooK..107....1A.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.

Notes and References

1. Majka . Christopher . Klimaszewski . Jan . Lauff . Randolph . The coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Atlantic Canada: a survey and new records . ZooKeys . Pensoft Publishers . 2 . 2008-09-04 . 1313-2970 . 10.3897/zookeys.2.2 . 115–150. free . 2008ZooK....2..115M .