Xenodusa cava: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Genus
- Xenodusa
- Species
- Xenodusa cava
- Scientific Name
- Xenodusa cava
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xenodusa cava
Xenodusa cava is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America. It is myrmecophilic, with its larvae living in ant colonies, begging for food and consuming ant larvae.
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