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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Xenodusa

myremecophilous staph - Xenodusa reflexa long-legged inquiline? - Xenodusa cava Rove Beetle - Xenodusa reflexa Rove Beetle - Xenodusa reflexa Xenodusa - Rove Beetle - Xenodusa Staphylinidae  Xenodusa cava? - Xenodusa Staphylinidae  Xenodusa cava? - Xenodusa Xenodusa reflexa
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)