Centrotoma lucifuga is a species of ant-loving beetle in the tribe Ctenistini of the family Staphylinidae.

The species was first described in 1849 by Carl von Heyden.von Heyden, C. (1849) Beschreibung einer neuen Käfergattung aus der Familie der Pselaphen. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin), 10 (6) 182-183

It is listed as critically endangered by the Czech Republic.

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