Biology:Xenodusa cava
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Xenodusa cava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Xenodusa |
| Species: | X. cava
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenodusa cava (LeConte, 1863)
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Xenodusa cava Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=725319.
- ↑ "Xenodusa cava species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/fe2b83764f76e0b51ca81a1e6bd7e456.
- ↑ "Xenodusa cava". https://www.gbif.org/species/1039888.
- ↑ "Xenodusa cava Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/391185.
- ↑ Pace, Roberto (2015). "Introduzione alla conoscenza della sottofamiglia Aleocharinae nella Guyana Francese: Part V.(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)". Contributions to Entomology 65 (1): 131–156. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.1.131-156. https://ojs.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/beitraege_entomologie/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/1874. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ 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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25003467. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
Further reading
- Hoebeke, E. Richard (1973). A Revision of the genus Xenodusa (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) for North America (M.S.). Michigan State University.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14891502 entry
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