Cremastocheilus is a genus of myrmecophilic beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 40 described species in Cremastocheilus.[1][2]

Cremastocheilus
Cremastocheilus wheeleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Cremastocheilini
Genus: Cremastocheilus
Knoch, 1801

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References edit

  1. ^ "Cremastocheilus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Cremastocheilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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