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). Claviger displays unusual biological adaptations to myrmecophily. 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 Lasius claviger, a variety of ant
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