Cremastocheilus quadricollis

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Cremastocheilus quadricollis
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).