Cremastocheilus quadricollis
Cremastocheilus quadricollis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
Tribe: | Cremastocheilini |
Genus: | Cremastocheilus |
Subgenus: | Trinodia |
Species: | C. quadricollis |
Binomial name | |
Cremastocheilus quadricollis Casey, 1915 |
One of about thirty-five species of myrmecophilous Cremastocheilus. The host ant is Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
Identification
Key to Trinodia species
Distribution
Oklahoma, Texas
Habitat
Common host is Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
Biology
Nomenclature
Type, a unique specimen from Texas, McLennan Co., Waco; described by Casey, 1915.
Description
References
- Alpert, Gary D. 1994. A Comparative Study of the Symbiotic Relationship Between Beetles of the Genus Cremastocheilus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and their Host Ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Sociobiology 25(1).