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Xenodusa
Genus
Xenodusa
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily
Aleocharinae
Tribe
Lomechusini
Genus
Xenodusa
Explanation of Names
Xenodusa
Wasmann 1894
Numbers
4 spp. in our area
(
1
)
, 10 total
(
2
)
Range
Canada to Mexico
(
2
)
(
3
)
Life Cycle
Adults and larvae are adopted, fed, cleaned, and otherwise cared for by ants; the beetles feed on host brood
(
3
)
breed in
Formica
colonies but overwinter in
Camponotus
colonies
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.
Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
3.
Majka C.G. Atlantic Canada Coleoptera
Contributed by
Kojun Kanda
on 21 November, 2007 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by
McClarinJ
,
v belov
Last updated 25 April, 2013 - 8:33pm