Xenodusa cava

Xenodusa cava is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5] It is myrmecophilic, with its larvae living in ant colonies, begging for food and consuming ant larvae. [6]

Xenodusa cava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Xenodusa
Species:
X. cava
Binomial name
Xenodusa cava
(LeConte, 1863)

References

  1. "Xenodusa cava Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Xenodusa cava species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Xenodusa cava". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. "Xenodusa cava Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. Pace, Roberto (2015). "Introduzione alla conoscenza della sottofamiglia Aleocharinae nella Guyana Francese: Part V.(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 65 (1): 131–156.
  6. Wheeler, William Morton (1911). "Notes on the Myrmecophilous Beetles of the Genus Xenodusa, with a Description of the Larva of X. cava Leconte". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 19 (3): 163–169. ISSN 0028-7199. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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