Cremastocheilus crinitus

Cremastocheilus crinitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Tribe:	Cremastocheilini
Genus:	Cremastocheilus
Subgenus:	Cremastocheilus
Species:	C. crinitus
Binomial name
Cremastocheilus crinitus LeConte, 1874 Holotype Specimen Label

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

Identification

Cremastocheilus crinitus ventral view

Distribution

Arizona (Verde valley, Montezuma Well, March 27, 2012), Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Washington; Canada (British Colombia)

Habitat

Common host is Formica gnava.

Nomenclature

• Cremastocheilus pugetanus Casey 1915 Syn.
• Cremastocheilus bifoveatus Van Dyke 1918 Syn

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).

• LeConte J.L. (1874) Descriptions of new Coleoptera chiefly from the Pacific slope of North America: Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5:43-72.

• Van Dyke, E. 1918. Some new beetles in the families Cantharidae (Lampyridae), Ptinidae, and Scarabaeidae, from western North America, with notes upon others. Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 13: 1-15. PDF'