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).[1][2]Claviger displays unusual biological adaptations to myrmecophily. This pselaphid is of palearctic distribution.
^ abBorowiec ML, Ruta R, Kubisz D. New records of Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 and C. longicornis Müller, 1818 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) in Poland with review of their habits. „Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne”. 79, s. 261-269, 2010
^ abAlfred F. Newton, Jr., Donald S. Chandler: World catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1989 s. 63
^ abLöbl I, Smetana A: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea-Histeroidea-Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, 2004 ISBN8788757749
^Cammaerts R. Le système glandulaire tégumentaire du coléoptère myrmécophile Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 (Pselaphidae) [The integumentary glandular system of the myrmecophilous beetleClaviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 (Pselaphidae)]. „Zoomorphology”. 77 (3), s. 187–219, 1974. doi:10.1007/BF00389904.
^Cammaerts R. Regurgitation behaviour of the Lasius flavus worker (Formicidae) towards the myrmecophilous beetle Claviger testaceus (Pselaphidae) and other recipients. „Behavioural Processes”. 34 (3), s. 241-264, 1995. doi:10.1016/0376-6357(94)00068-R.
^Cammaerts R. Stimuli inducing the regurgitation of the workers of Lasius flavus (Formicidae) upon the myrmecophilous beetle Claviger testaceus (Pselaphidae). „Behavioural Processes”, s. 81-95, 1992. doi:10.1016/0376-6357(92)90051-E.
^Factors affecting the regurgitation behaviour of the ant Lasius flavus (Formicidae) to the guest beetle Claviger testaceus (Pselaphidae). „Behavioural Processes”. 38 (3), s. 297–312, 1996. doi:10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00040-X.
^Krüger E. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Biologie des Claviger testaceus Preyssl. „Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie”. 95 (2), s. 327-381, 1910.
^Päivinen J, Ahlroth P, Kaitala V, Kotiaho JS, Suhonen J, Virola T. Species richness and regional distribution of myrmecophilous beetles. „Oecologia”. 134 (4), s. 587–595, 2003. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1141-z.