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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ant-loving Beetles (Pselaphinae) » Pselaphitae » Ctenistini » Atinus » Atinus monilicornis

Species Atinus monilicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Atinus monilicornis (Brendel) - Atinus monilicornis Ant-loving Beetle - Atinus monilicornis Ant-loving Beetle - Atinus monilicornis - female Atinus - Atinus monilicornis Ant beetle - Atinus monilicornis Ant-loving 7 - Atinus monilicornis Ant-loving 8 - Atinus monilicornis Atinus monilicornis
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Pselaphitae
Tribe Ctenistini
Genus Atinus
Species monilicornis (Atinus monilicornis)
Explanation of Names
Atinus monilicornis (Brendel 1866)
monilicornis = 'with beaded antennae'
Range
e. US (DE-MO-OK to FL-TX) - Map (1)(D.S. Chandler, pers.comm. to =v=)(2)
Life Cycle
Associated with ants in the genera Prenolepis and Pheidole(3)
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 August, 2009 - 7:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 1:36pm

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