Hodoxenus

Hodoxenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Tribe: Aleocharini
Subtribe:
Kistner, 1970
Genus:
Kistner, 1970
Species:
H. sheasbyi
Binomial name
Hodoxenus sheasbyi
Kistner, 1970

Hodoxenus is a monotypic genus of rove beetle, containing one species, Hodoxenus sheasbyi, and is the only genus in the subtribe Hodoxenina.[1]

Hodoxenus cohabitates with the termite species Microhodotermes viator, often antennating worker termites and presenting its abdomen to them.[1] The only known location of the species is in the Cape Province in South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hodoxenina". Forestis. February 27, 2001. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.