Cremastocheilus saucius

Cremastocheilus saucius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Tribe:	Cremastocheilini
Genus:	Cremastocheilus
Subgenus:	Trinodia
Species:	C. saucius
Binomial name
Cremastocheilus saucius LeConte, 1858 Holotype Specimen Label

One of about thirty-five species of myrmecophilous Cremastocheilus. The host ant is Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.

Identification

Key to Trinodia species

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  ventral view of holotype

Distribution

Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming

Habitat

Common ant host is Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.

References

• Alpert, Gary D. 1994. A Comparative Study of the Symbiotic Relationship Between Beetles of the Genus Cremastocheilus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and their Host Ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Sociobiology 25(1).

• Lavigne, R.L. 1969 Bionomics and nest structure of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 62(50: 1166-1175.

• LeConte, J.L. 1858. Catalogue of Coleoptera of the regions adjacent to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. J. Acad. Philad. (N.S.) 4:9-42.

• Usnick SJ (2000) The behavior of the beetle inquiline, Cremastocheilus saucius, and its host ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, during entrance into the ants' nest. Entomological News 111, 385–386.

• Wickham, H.F. 1900. On Coleoptera found with ants. Fifth Paper. Psyche 9(285): 3-5.