Paussus armatus

Gambia, Tendaba 25-02-2020
© Johan Verstraeten
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John Obadiah Westwood –
1833

Body length : 8-12mm.

This species is difficult to distinguish from P. arabicus.

P. armatus has clubs with short bristles evenly distributed on both sides while P. arabicus has 2 beardless sides.

P. armatus is an obligate myrmecophile, lives symbiotically in ant nests.

The larvae live also in ant nests.