Anthia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Anthiitae
Tribus: Anthiini
Genus: Anthia
Subgenera (3): Anthia – Chilanthia – A. (Termophilum)

[source: Carabidae of the World]
Overview of species

A. aemiliana – A. aequilatera – A. alternata – A. andersonii – A. artemis – A. babaulti – A. barbarae – A. biguttata – A. binotata – A. brevivittata – A. bucolica – A. burchelli – A. calida – A. calva – A. capillata – A. cavernosa – A. cephalotes – A. cinctipennis – A. circumscripta – A. convexipennis – A. costata – A. csikii – A. decemguttata – A. discedens – A. duodecimguttata – A. ferox – A. fornasinii – A. galla – A. hedenborgi – A. hexasticta – A. homoplata – A. ida – A. kleinfeldi – A. lefebvrei – A. limbata – A. lunae – A. machadoi – A. mannerheimii – A. massilicata – A. maxillosa – A. mima – A. mirabilis – A. namaqua – A. nimrod – A. oberthuri – A. omoplata – A. orientalis – A. ovampoa – A. praesignis – A. principalis – A. promontorii – A. pulcherrima – A. revoili – A. sexguttata – A. sexmaculata – A. sulcata – A. tatumana – A. thoracica – A. venator

Names in synonymy: Anthia divisa Boheman, 1860 = Cypholoba divisa (Boheman, 1860)
Name

Anthia Weber, 1801

Type species: Carabus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1775.

Synonyms

Anthiana Rafinesque, 1815
Calanthia Obst, 1901
Chilanthia Obst, 1901
Odontanthia Obst, 1901
Pochymorpha Hope, 1838
Termophilum Basilewsky, 1950
Thermophila Hope, 1838 (nec Thermophila Hübner, 1819, Lepidoptera)
Thermophilum (orth. var.)
Thoracolobus Gistl, 1857

Anthia fornasinii

References
Primary references

Weber, F. 1801. Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Kiliae. xii + 116 pp. BHL Reference page. : 17
Obst, P. 1901. Synopsis der Coleopteren-Gattung Anthia (Weber). Festschrift für Eduard von Martens. Beiheft zum Archiv für Naturgeschichte 67: 265–298. Reference page.
Basilewsky, P. 1950. Descriptions de Coleopteres Carabidae nouveaux d'Afrique et notes diverses sur des especes deja connues. VI. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 55: 78–80. Online Reference page. : 80

Additional references

Mawdsley, J.R. et al. 2011: The genus Anthia Weber in the Republic of South Africa, identification, distribution, biogeography, and behavior (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 143: 47–81. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.143.2075 Reference page.

Links

Anthia – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Anthia – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Anthia (common name saber-toothed ground beetles) is a genus of the ground beetle family (Carabidae) from Africa and Asia. Species of Anthia can spray a jet of formic acid up to 30 centimetres (12 in), which, if not treated, can cause blindness in animals that harass the beetles.[1]

In general, the beetles are large, armored and fast-moving, with prominent, powerful and sharp mandibles. Some are diurnal predators in semi-arid habitats, while others are nocturnal.

The genus is one of a group of similar taxa of predatory Carabidae that has been the subject of considerable nomenclatural confusion. Several species here and elsewhere included within the genus Anthia are occasionally referred to as belonging to the non-existent genus Thermophilum (e.g. Anthia fornasinii referred to as Thermophilum fornasinii[2]), because the spelling has experienced a range of errors; the spelling that is valid under the ICZN and currently accepted is Termophilum[3][4] but Thermophilum (an unjustified emendation of Termophilum) and Thermophila (a junior homonym of a valid genus name in the order Lepidoptera) have been variously used in the past, as well as the misspelling "Thermophilium".[5][6][7]
Species
Anthia cavernosa
Anthia cinctipennis
Anthia decemguttata
Anthia hexasticta
Anthia omoplata

The genus Anthia includes the following species:[8]

Anthia aemiliana Dohrn, 1881
Anthia aequilatera Klug, 1853
Anthia alternata Bates, 1978
Anthia andersoni Chaudoir, 1861
Anthia artemis Gerstaecker, 1884
Anthia babaulti Benard, 1921
Anthia biguttata Bonelli, 1813
Anthia binotata Perroud, 1846
Anthia brevivittata Obst, 1901
Anthia bucolica Kolbe, 1894[9]
Anthia burchelli Hope, 1832
Anthia calida Harold, 1878
Anthia calva Sternberg, 1907
Anthia capillata Obst, 1901
Anthia cavernosa Gerstaecker, 1866
Anthia cephalotes Guerin-Meneville, 1845
Anthia cinctipennis Lequien, 1832
Anthia circumscripta Klug, 1853
Anthia costata Gory, 1836
Anthia csikii Obst, 1906
Anthia decemguttata (Linnaeus, 1764)
Anthia discedens Sternberg, 1907
Anthia duodecimguttata Bonelli, 1813
Anthia ferox J. Thomson, 1859
Anthia fornasinii Bertoloni, 1845
Anthia galla J. Thomson, 1859
Anthia hedenborgi Boheman, 1848
Anthia hexasticta Gerstaecker, 1866
Anthia ida Kolbe, 1894[10]
Anthia lefebvrei Guerin-Meneville, 1849
Anthia limbata Dejean, 1831
Anthia lunae J. Thomson, 1859
Anthia machadoi (Basilewsky, 1955)
Anthia mannerheimi Chaudoir, 1842
Anthia massilicata Guerin-Meneville, 1845
Anthia maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793)
Anthia mima Peringuey, 1896
Anthia mirabilis Sternberg, 1906
Anthia namaqua Peringuey, 1896
Anthia nimrod (Fabricius, 1793)
Anthia oberthuri Obst, 1906
Anthia omoplata Lequien, 1832
Anthia ovampoa Peringuey, 1896
Anthia orientalis (Hope, 1838)
Anthia praesignis Bates, 1888
Anthia prevoili Lucas, 1881
Anthia principalis Sternberg, 1907
Anthia pulcherrima H. W. Bates, 1888
Anthia sexguttata Fabricius, 1775
Anthia sexmaculata Fabricius, 1787
Anthia sulcata (Fabricius, 1793)
Anthia tatumana White, 1846
Anthia thoracica (Thunberg, 1784)
Anthia venator (Fabricius, 1792)