Xenodusa_cava

<i>Xenodusa cava</i>

Xenodusa cava

Species of beetle

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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References

  1. [1]
    "Xenodusa cava Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. [2]
    "Xenodusa cava species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. [3]
    "Xenodusa cava". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. [4]
    "Xenodusa cava Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. [5]
    Pace, Roberto (2015). "Introduzione alla conoscenza della sottofamiglia Aleocharinae nella Guyana Francese: Part V.(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 65 (1): 131–156.
  6. [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. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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