Cremastocheilus castaneae brevisetosus

Cremastocheilus castaneae brevisetosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Tribe:	Cremastocheilini
Genus:	Cremastocheilus
Subgenus:	Cremastocheilus
Species:	C. castaneae brevisetosus
Binomial name
Cremastocheilus castaneae Casey, 1915

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

Distribution

Arizona

Habitat

Common host is Formica integra.

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).

• Casey, T.L. 1915. Memoirs on the Coleoptera. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, PA. (6)pp. 340-370.

• Kloft, W.J., R.E. Woodruff, and E.S. Kloft. 1979 Formica integra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) IV. Exchange of food and trichome secretions between worker ants and the inquiline beetle, Cremastocheilus castaneus (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae). Tijd. voor Ent. 122: 47-57.