Cholovocera formiceticola
| Cholovocera formiceticola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Endomychidae |
| Genus: | Cholovocera |
| Species: | C. formiceticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Cholovocera formiceticola (Rosenhauer, 1856)
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Cholovocera formiceticola is a species of beetle of the family Endomychidae. The range of this species extends from southern France in the northeast to the Balearic Islands, and from continental Spain to Algeria and Morocco in the south, reaching the Atlantic coast.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 1.30–1.50 mm and have an elliptical body.
Biology
This species is associated with an unidentified species of Messor (southern France and Andalusia) and possibly with Pheidole pallidula.[1]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “A revision of the genus Cholovocera Victor, 1838 (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)” by Delgado J.A. & Palma R.L.. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license