Xenodusa cava is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5] It is myrmecophilic, with its larvae living in ant colonies, begging for food and consuming ant larvae. [6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Xenodusa |
| Species: | X. cava
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenodusa cava (LeConte, 1863)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Xenodusa cava Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Xenodusa cava species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Xenodusa cava". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Xenodusa cava Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ Pace, Roberto (2015). "Introduzione alla conoscenza della sottofamiglia Aleocharinae nella Guyana Francese: Part V.(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 65 (1): 131–156. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.1.131-156.
- ^ Wheeler, William Morton (1911). "Notes on the Myrmecophilous Beetles of the Genus Xenodusa, with a Description of the Larva of X. cava Leconte". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 19 (3): 163–169. ISSN 0028-7199. JSTOR 25003467. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
Further reading
edit- Hoebeke, E. Richard (1973). A Revision of the genus Xenodusa (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) for North America (M.S.). Michigan State University.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
External links
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