Tmesiphorus Explained

Tmesiphorus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about eight described species in Tmesiphorus.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Tmesiphorus:

• Sintectes carinatus Westwood, 1870
• Tmesiphorus andrewesi Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus brevipennis Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus carinatus (Say, 1824)
• Tmesiphorus championi Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus costalis LeConte, 1849
• Tmesiphorus iyeri Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus kinomurai Inoue et al., 2019
• Tmesiphorus nitens Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus okinawensis Inoue et al., 2019

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.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.