Pentaplatarthrus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Pentaplatarthrus, found in Africa. These are ant nest beetles and are obligate myrmecophiles, predatory on ant larvae and workers.
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Pentaplatarthrus:
- Pentaplatarthrus bottegi <small>Gestro, 1895</small> (Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania)
- Pentaplatarthrus dollmanni <small>Wasmann, 1922</small> (Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana)
- Pentaplatarthrus focki <small>Wasmann, 1919</small> (Namibia and South Africa)
- Pentaplatarthrus gestroi <small>Kolbe, 1896</small> (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia)
- Pentaplatarthrus natalensis <small>Westwood, 1850</small> (Namibia and South Africa)
- Pentaplatarthrus paussoides <small>Westwood, 1833</small> (Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa)
- Pentaplatarthrus schoutedeni <small>Reichensperger, 1925</small> (the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Pentaplatarthrus vandamii <small>van de Poll, 1886</small> (Angola and South Africa)
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