Cremastocheilus westwoodi

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Cremastocheilus westwoodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Tribe: Cremastocheilini
Genus: Cremastocheilus
Subgenus: Cremastocheilus
Species: C. westwoodi
Binomial name
Cremastocheilus westwoodi
Horn, 1879

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Holotype Specimen Label

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

Identification

Holotype ventral view

Distribution

California

Habitat

Common host is Veromessor.

Biology

Nomenclature

  • Cremastocheilus tridens Casey 1915 Syn.


Description

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).