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Hodoxenus

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Hodoxenus
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Hodoxenus sheasbyi
Kistner, 1970

Hodoxenus is a monotypic genus of rove beetle, containing one species, Hodoxenus sheasbyi, and is the only genus in the subtribe Hodoxenina.[1]

Hodoxenus cohabitates with the termite species Microhodotermes viator, often antennating worker termites and presenting its abdomen to them.[1] The only known location of the species is in the Cape Province in South Africa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hodoxenina". Forestis. February 27, 2001. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.