Cremastocheilus squamulosus

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

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

Identification

Holotype ventral view

Distribution

Florida, Maryland, North Carolina

Habitat

Common ant host is unknown.

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).

• Cazier M.A. 1940 New North American myrmecophilous Scarabaeidae Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Lancastar 35(4):122-133.

• 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.