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Cremastocheilus setosifrons
| Cremastocheilus setosifrons | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Cremastocheilini |
| Genus: | Cremastocheilus |
| Subgenus: | Trinodia |
| Species: | C. setosifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Cremastocheilus setosifrons (Casey, 1915) | |
One of about thirty-five species of myrmecophilous Cremastocheilus. The host ant is unknown.
Identification
Key to Trinodia species
Distribution
Kansas
Habitat
Common host is unknown.
Biology
Nomenclature
Type material: Kansas, Clark County, 1962, (F. Snow), described from a single specimen. This specimen was found at the same locality as Cremastocheilus saucius and may become a synonym once a revision of the genus is completed.
Description
Body slender, parallel, feebly convex, shining and clear testaceous in color and with rather long coarse fulvous hairs; head rather finely, closely punctate, the gradually formed anterior declivity beginning midway between base and the strongly reflexed apex, the median carina very strong but not attaining the upturned apex,
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).