Cephennium

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This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with nine species. Most are assumed to be inquilines in the nests of ants. Their biology is relatively unknown and their relationships with ants is a mystery.

REFERENCES

    • O'Keefe, Sean (2000). "Ant-Like Stone Beetles, Ants, and Their Associations (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Isoptera)". ‘’J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc.’’ (NYC: N. Y. Entomol. Soc.) 108 (3/4): 273–303.
  • O'Keefe, S.T. 2003: Revision of the Nearctic genus Papusus Casey (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae). Memoirs on entomology international, 17: 257–309.
List of Cephennium and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Cephennium majus Reitter, 1882 ants