Haeterius wheeleri

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Haeterius wheeleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Histeridae
Genus: Haeterius
Species: H. wheeleri
Binomial name
Haeterius wheeleri
Mann, 1911

Diagnosis

Description

Distribution

USA: California (type)

Biology

Ant hosts: Formica species

REFERENCES

  • Caterino, M. & Tishechkin, A.K. (2015) Phylogeny and generic limits in the New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae). Systematic Entomology, 40, 109–142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12095
  • Mann, W.M. (1911) On some northwestern ants and their guests. Psyche, 18 (3).
  • Martin, J.O. (1922) Studies in the genus Hetaerius (Col., Histeridae). Entomological News, 33, 272–277, 289–293.