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Cremastocheilus westwoodi tridens
| Cremastocheilus westwoodi tridens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Cremastocheilini |
| Genus: | Cremastocheilus |
| Subgenus: | Cremastocheilus |
| Species: | C. westwoodi tridens |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cremastocheilus westwoodi tridens | |
One of about thirty-five species of myrmecophilous Cremastocheilus. The host ant is Veromessor.
Identification
Distribution
California
Habitat
Common host is Veromessor.
Biology
Nomenclature
Description
Form rather slender, much smaller than C. westwoodi, black, slightly shining above, more so beneath, the erect hairs coarse, rather short but very distinct, fulvous in color; head as in C. westwoodi, having small dense punctures, but with the median line of the anterior slope slightly tumid to the base of the abruptly and strongly relfexed clypeal 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).