Xenodusa cava

Xenodusa cava
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Xenodusa
Species:	X. cava
Binomial name
Xenodusa cava (LeConte, 1863)

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]

References

1. "Xenodusa cava Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
2. "Xenodusa cava species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
3. "Xenodusa cava". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. "Xenodusa cava Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
5. 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.
6. 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

• 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

• Media related to Xenodusa cava at Wikimedia Commons