Colilodion, sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia.
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| Holotype of Colilodion schulzi deposited in the Natural History Museum of Geneva. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pselaphinae |
| Supertribe: | Clavigeritae |
| Tribe: | Colilodionini Besuchet, 1991 |
| Genus: | Colilodion Besuchet, 1991 |
Ecology edit
Species of the genus Colilodion are presumed to be myrmecophiles due to the presence of trichomes retaining ant pheromones.[1][2]
Systematics edit
The exact systematic placement of the genus remains uncertain; it is the only member of the Colilodionini tribe, sharing certain characteristics with Clavigeritae, where it was originally placed by Claude Besuchet in 1991,[1] and others that resemble the Pselaphitae.[3][4] Eight species have been described:[4]
- Colilodion concinnus Besuchet, 1991
- Colilodion incredibilis Besuchet, 1991
- Colilodion inopinatus Besuchet, 1991
- Colilodion mirus Besuchet, 1991
- Colilodion schulzi Yin & Cuccodoro, 2016
- Colilodion tetramerus Löbl, 1998
- Colilodion thienmu Nomura & Sugaya, 2007
- Colilodion wuesti Löbl, 1994
References edit
- ^ a b Besuchet 1991.
- ^ Parker, Joseph; Grimaldi, David A. (2014). "Specialized Myrmecophily at the Ecological Dawn of Modern Ants". Current Biology. 24 (20): 2428–2434. Bibcode:2014CBio...24.2428P. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.068. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 25283779.
- ^ Löbl, Ivan (1994). "The systematic position of Colilodionini with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 101 (2): 289–297. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79908.
- ^ a b Yin, Zi-Wei; Cuccodoro, Giulio (2016). "Colilodion schulzi sp. n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Palawan, the Philippines, with habitus photographs and a revised key to all Colilodion species". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 123 (1): 153–158. doi:10.5281/zenodo.46295.
Bibliography edit
- Besuchet, Claude (1991). "Révolution chez les Clavigerinae (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie (in French). 98 (3): 499–515. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79801.
