''Graphipterus serrator'' is a species of
beetles in the family
Carabidae.
Subspecies
* ''Graphipterus serrator heydeni'' Kraatz, 1890
* ''Graphipterus serrator serrator'' Forsskål, 1775
* ''Graphipterus serrator valdanii'' Guérin-Méneville, 1859
Description
''Graphipterus serrator'' can reach a length of . This ground beetle is quite variable in the body size and in the development of the spots. Larvae in the preimaginal stage have
myrmecophagous
Myrmecophagy is a feeding behavior defined by the consumption of termites or ants, particularly as pertaining to those animal species whose diets are largely or exclusively composed of said insect types. Literally, myrmecophagy means "ant eating" ...
habits. They make chambers inside the ant nest where they store the ant brood.
Distribution and habitat
This species is widespread in
North Africa from
Egypt to
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
. It lives in African savannas and semideserts.
References
Biolib* T. Zetto Brandmayr, I. Marano, W. Paarmann
Graphipterus serrator: a myrmecophagous carabid beetle with mandibular suctorial tube in the larva (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Graphipterini)* [Johan Kotze
Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators
Lebiinae
Beetles described in 1775
Taxa named by Peter Forsskål
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