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''Claviger'' is a genus of beetles in the family
Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...
, subfamily Pselaphinae. About 40 species and subspecies are described, divided into two subgenera, ''Claviger (Claviger)'' and ''Claviger (Clavifer)''. ''Claviger'' displays unusual biological adaptations to
myrmecophily Myrmecophily ( , ) is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms, such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi. Myrmecophily refers to mutualistic associations with ants, though in its m ...
. This pselaphid is of palearctic distribution.


Species

Species list: * ''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

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Lasius claviger ''Lasius claviger'', or the smaller yellow ant, is a species of ant belonging to the genus '' Lasius'', formerly a part of the genus (now subgenus) '' Acanthomyops''. Described in 1862 by Roger, the species is native to the United States ...
, a variety of ant


References

Pselaphinae genera {{staphylinidae-stub