Xenodusa

This is a myrmecophilous genus of Staphylinidae with five species. All are inquilines in the nests of ants.

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  Xenodusa reflexa

List of Xenodusa and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Xenodusa angusta	(Fall, 1901)	Camponotus clarithorax, Formica francoeuri	North America: (Arizona, California, Kansas)
Xenodusa caseyi	Wasmann, 1897	Formica subpolita	North America: (Colorado, New Mexico)
Xenodusa cava	(LeConte, 1863)	Camponotus pennsylvanicus , Camponotus ligniperdus pictus, Formica exsectoides	Canada, United States:(Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Xenodusa reflexa	(Walker, 1866)	Formica subpolita, Camponotus laevissimus, Camponotus modoc, Camponotus novaeboracensis	Canada, United States (California, Connecticut, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington)
Xenodusa sharpi	Wasmann, 1897	Camponotus auricomus, Camponotus picipes, Formica densiventris, Formica gnava	Mexico

REFERENCES

• Hlavac, P., A.F. Newton, M. Maruyama 2011. World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075:1-151.

• Hoebeke, R.E. 1976 A Revision of the genus Xenodusa (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) for North America. Sociobiology, vol. 2(2):108-143

• Muckermann, H. 1904. Formica sanguinea, subsp. rubicunda, Em. and Xenodusa cava Lec. or the discovery of pseudognynes in a district of Xenodusa cava Lec. Entomological News. 339-341.

• Wasmann, E. 1897. Eine neue Xenodus aus Colorado, mit einer tabelle der Xenodusa-arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 273-274.

• Wheeler, W.M. 1911. Notes on the myrmecophilous beetles of the genus Xenodusa, with a description of the larva of X. cava LeConte. Journ. N.Y. Entomol. soc. 19:163-169.