Biology:Cholovocera punctata
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Cholovocera punctata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Cholovocera |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/CholovoceraC. punctata
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| Template:Taxonomy/CholovoceraCholovocera punctata Märkel, 1845
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Cholovocera punctata is a species of beetle of the family Endomychidae. The range of this species extends from southern France in the northwest, to Corsica, Sardinia, the west coast of continental Italy and Sicily in the east, and Algeria and Tunisia in the south.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 1.30–1.50 mm and have an subelliptical body.
Biology
This species is associated with ants. Besides its association with Messor barbarus, there are also records for associations with species of the following ant genera: Pheidole (Corsica and Sardinia), Camponotus (southern France and Sardinia), Cataglyphis (Sardinia and Algeria), Lasius (Corsica) and Aphaenogaster (Sardinia) and Tetramorium (Algeria).[1]
References
- ↑ Part of this text is from “A revision of the genus Cholovocera Victor, 1838 (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)” by Delgado J.A. & Palma R.L.. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license
Wikidata ☰ Q4681387 entry
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