Cholovocera gallica

Cholovocera gallica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Endomychidae
Genus: Cholovocera
Species:
C. gallica
Binomial name
Cholovocera gallica
(Schaufuss, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Coluocera gallica Schaufuss, 1876
  • Coluocera fleischeri Reitter, 1902

Cholovocera gallica is a species of beetle of the family Endomychidae. The range of this species extends from the Balkans in the east to Catalonia in the west, and from northern Italy to Algeria and Tunisia in the south.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 1.30–1.50 mm and have an oval body.

Biology

This species is associated with species of the Messor genus in southern France, Andalusia, Sardinia and Sicily, with Messor barbarus in Spain, with an unidentified species of Camponotus in Sardinia and with an unidentified species of Tetramorium in Croatia.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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