Yellow Ants'-nest Beetle

Claviger testaceus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae

Claviger is a genus of beetles in the family Staphylinidae, subfamily Pselaphinae. About 40 species and subspecies are described, divided into two subgenera, Claviger (Claviger) and Claviger (Clavifer). Claviger displays unusual biological adaptations to myrmecophily.

Distribution

Yellow Ants'-nest Beetle — (c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Loading map…

Countries in the Picchu catalog

Germany · 2United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionClaviger (beetle), Wikipedia contributors

Yellow Ants'-nest Beetle

More from the same family

Staphylin applati à étuis bigarré

Achenium humile

Beet Carrion Beetle

Agaricochara latissima

Aleochara bipustulata

Shortened Minute Rove Beetle

Staph beetle

Rove beetle