Dendrophilus pygmaeus

Dendrophilus pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Histeridae
Genus:	Dendrophilus
Species:	D. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Dendrophilus pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

Denmark, Sweden

Biology

Ant hosts: Formica lugubris and Formica rufa

REFERENCES

• Caterino, M.S. and N. Degallier. 2007. A review of the biology and taxonomy of Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 1-28.

• Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba A, Zagaja M, Wagner GK, Pietrykowska-Tudruj E, Staniec B. First Insight into Microbiome Profiles of Myrmecophilous Beetles and Their Host, Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)-A Case Study. Insects. 2020 Feb 19;11(2):134. doi: 10.3390/insects11020134. PMID: 32092972; PMCID: PMC7073670.

• Ross E. S. A preliminary review of the North American species of Dendrophilus. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 1940. 35:103-8.