Hodoxenus
(Redirected from Hodoxenus sheasbyi)
| Hodoxenus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hodoxenina". Forestis. February 27, 2001. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
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