Family Anthicidae



Bodenheimer (Animal Life in Palestine, 1935) has this to say: The Anthicidae are rich in species many of which are nocturnal. They seem to live mainly on animals , but the ant-like Fornicomus coeruleipennis has been repeatedly observed visiting the extrafloreal nectarias of Zizyphus spinae cristi.

From Wikipedia:
Anthicidae is a family of beetles, sometimes called ant-like flower beetles or ant-like beetles that resemble ants. The family consists of over 3,000 species in about 100 genera.
Their heads constrict just in front of the pronotum, forming a neck, and the posterior end of the pronotum is usually narrow as well. Legs and antennae are slender, heightening the ant-like appearance, and the body is sparsely covered with long setae.
Adult beetles are omnivorous, being known to consume small arthropods, pollen, fungi, and whatever else they can find. Some types are of interest as biological controls, in the expectation that they would eat the eggs or larvae of pests. Larvae are either omnivorous, predators, or fungus-eaters; the young of one species of Notoxus have been observed boring into sweet potato tubers. Many members of the family are attracted to cantharidin, which they seem to accumulate and that deters possible predators.


Subfamily: Anthicinae
Tribe: Anthicini
Species Reference source Collection
Amblyderus sabulosus Pic. Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus antherinus (Linnaeus, 1761) Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus armatus Truq. Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus ater Panzer, 1796 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Anthicus blechroides Baudi di Selve, 1883 Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus cinctomus Mars. Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus crinitus La Ferté-Sénectère 1849 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Anthicus femoralis Desbrochers des Loges Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus floralis Linnaeus 1758 Bodenheimer, 1937
Donahaye & Calderon, 1967
Bet Dagan
Anthicus frivaldskyi La Ferté-Sénectère Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Anthicus longipennis Desbrochers des Loges, 1875 Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus luteipes Marseul Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus moricei Pic. Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus niger Olivier,1811 Bet Dagan
Anthicus petraeus Pic Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus peyroni Pic Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus quisquilius Thomson, 1864 Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus suleithorax Desbrochers des Loges Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthicus tristis Schmidt, 1842 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Cyclodinus debilis (La Ferté-Sénectère) Donahaye & Calderon, 1969 Bet Dagan
Hirticomus hispidus Rossi, 1792 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Hirticomus jacqueti (Pic, 1892) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Leptaleus arabs Marseul Bodenheimer, 1937
Leptaleus glabellus (Truqui 1855) Bodenheimer, 1937
Leptaleus triguttatus (La Ferté-Sénectère) Bodenheimer, 1937
Leptaleus truncatulus Fairmaire, 1892 Bodenheimer, 1937
Stricticomus goebelii (La Ferté-Sénectère, 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Stricticomus transversalis (Villa & Villa, 1833) Bodenheimer, 1937

Tribe: Endomiini
Species Reference source Collection
Endomia bivittata Truq. Bodenheimer, 1937
Endomia lefebvrei (La Ferté-Sénectère 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937
Endomia tenuicollis (Rossi, 1792) Bodenheimer, 1937

Tribe: Formicomini
Anthelephila caeruleipennis La Ferté-Sénectère 1847) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Anthelephila cyanopterus cyanopterus (La Ferté-Sénectère) Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthelephila ionica (La Ferté-Sénectère, 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Anthelephila nadari Pic Bet Dagan
Anthelephila nemrod (La Ferté-Senectere, 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthelephila ninus (La Ferté-Sénectère 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Anthelephila pegasus Reitter, 1892 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Cyclodinus basanicus (Sahlberg, 1913) Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus debilis LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus debilis phoxus Marseul, 1879 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus erro (Truqui 1855) Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus fatuus Truqui, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus humilis Germar, 1824 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus ustulatus (La Ferté-Sénectère 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937
Cyclodinus ustulatus lacustris Pic Bodenheimer, 1937
Formicomus coeruleipennis La Ferté-Sénectere, 1847 Bodenheimer, 1937
Formicomus ionicus La Ferté-Sénectere, 1848 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Formicomus nadari Pic, 1893 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Omonadus cinctomus Marseul, 1879 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Omonadus floralis (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Omonadus formicarius (Goeze, 1777) Chikatunov et al, 1999 Bet Dagan
Omonadus phoenicius (Truqui, 1855) Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenidius tenuipes (La Ferté-Sénectère, 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenidius vittatus (Lucas, 1843) Bodenheimer, 1937

Tribe: Microhorini
Aulacoderus blechroides (Baudi di Selve, 1883) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Aulacoderus friwaldszkyi (La Ferté-Sénectère 1849) Chikatunov et al, 1999 Bet Dagan
Aulacoderus leuthneri (Pic, 1900) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Aulacoderus sulcithorax (Desbrochers des Loges, 1875) Bet Dagan
Clavicomus angulifer (Pic, 1904) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Microhoria carallicollis (Reitter, 1889) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Microhoria iscariotes (La Ferté-Sénectère 1849) Bodenheimer, 1937
Microhoria kaifensis (Pic,1891) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Microhoria lafertei (Truqui, 1855) Bodenheimer, 1937
Microhoria latipennis (Pic) Bet Dagan
Microhoria sidonia (Truqui, 1855) Bodenheimer, 1937

Tribe: Notoxini
Species Reference source Collection
Mecynotarsus bison Olivier, 1811 Bodenheimer, 1937
Mecynotarsus truquii De Marseul, 1879 Bodenheimer, 1937
Notoxus aristidis Pic Bodenheimer, 1937
Notoxus mauritanicus La Ferté-Sénectère, 1847 Bet Dagan
Notoxus numidicus (Lucas, 1843) Bodenheimer, 1937
Notoxus rubetorum Truqui, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Notoxus syriacus Laferte, 1848 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999