Hodoxenus
Appearance
Hodoxenus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Staphylinidae |
Subfamily: | Aleocharinae |
Tribe: | Aleocharini |
Subtribe: | Hodoxenina Kistner, 1970 |
Genus: | Hodoxenus Kistner, 1970 |
Species: | H. sheasbyi
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Binomial name | |
Hodoxenus sheasbyi Kistner, 1970
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Hodoxenus is a monotypic genus of rove beetle, containing one species, Hodoxenus sheasbyi, and is the only genus in the subtribe Hodoxenina.[1]
Hodoxenus imitates the termite species Microhodotermes viator (family Hodotermitidae) in order to obtain food and shelter from the host colony.[1] The only known location of the species is in the Cape Province in South Africa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hodoxenina". Forestis. February 27, 2001. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.