Xantholinus (Typhlolinus) lævigatus Jacobsen 1849 ♀ (Coleoptera Staphylinoidea Staphylinidæ Staphylininæ Xantholinini)

Illustration for a comparative ecophylogenetic analysis of local myrmecofaunas, based on r/K selection theory and intra / interspecific parabiosis / lestobiosis, particularly focused on allochthonous and invasive species.

 

[Xantholinus Dejean 1821: 189 (IT: 31) spp]

 

Same specimen, head detail. 2 Acari on L antenna. Educated guess: Bdellodes longirostris.

 

63,650 Staphylinidæ spp classification is ongoing, with some proposing as many as 10 separate ff, but the current favored system is one of 32 sff, ∼167 tbb (some grouped into Stbb) & ∼3,200 gg; ∼400 new spp are being described each year, and some ℮℮ suggest 75% of tropical spp are as yet undescribed.

 

REFERENCES

 

T. Parmentier & al. 2018: Thiasophila angulata myrmecophily.

O. Betz & al. 2018: Staphylinidæ biology.

J. Parker 2016: Myrmecophily in Coleoptera.

A. Bordoni 1982: Xantholininæ, pp. 271-273.

 

Myrmecophily in Staphylinidæ

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