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Adaptations to arid environments in three North African ground beetles (Thermophilum sexmaculatum, T. venator, Graphipterus serrator) are described. The soil water content and food supply in ant nests are two obligatory requirements for reproduction of these beetle species during the hot and arid summer. The beetles' larvae develop in nests of different ant species feeding on ants and/or their brood...