''Colilodion'', sole member of the

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

Colilodionini, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s belonging to the family

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...

and comprising eight

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

from

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Ecology

Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles due to the presence of trichomes retaining ant

pheromone A pheromone () is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavio ...

Systematics

The exact systematic placement of the genus remains uncertain; it is the only member of the Colilodionini tribe, sharing certain characteristics with

Clavigeritae The Clavigeritae form a supertribe of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.Besuchet, C.; Hlaváč, P. 2011: Contribution to the knowledge of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Fiji and Vanuatu, with the catalogue ...

, where it was originally placed by Claude Besuchet in 1991, and others that resemble the

Pselaphitae The Pselaphitae are a supertribe of rove beetles. Tribes * Arhytodini * Ceophyllini * Pselaphini * Tmesiphorini * Tyrini * Hybocephalini * Attapeniini * Pachygastrodini * Odontalgini Genera These 13 genera belong to the supertribe Pse ...

. Eight species have been described: * '' Colilodion concinnus'' Besuchet, 1991 * '' Colilodion incredibilis'' Besuchet, 1991 * ''

Colilodion inopinatus ''Colilodion'', sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia. Ecology Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles ...

'' Besuchet, 1991 * ''

Colilodion mirus ''Colilodion'', sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia. Ecology Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles ...

'' Besuchet, 1991 * ''

Colilodion schulzi ''Colilodion schulzi'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This small, robust, reddish-brown rove beetle is known from a single specimen, a long female. It resembles the species '' C. concinnus'' and '' C. inopinatus' ...

'' Yin & Cuccodoro, 2016 * ''

Colilodion tetramerus ''Colilodion'', sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia. Ecology Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles ...

'' Löbl, 1998 * ''

Colilodion thienmu ''Colilodion'', sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia. Ecology Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles ...

'' Nomura & Sugaya, 2007 * ''

Colilodion wuesti ''Colilodion'', sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia. Ecology Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles ...

'' Löbl, 1994

References

Bibliography

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q21215090 Clavigeritae Pselaphinae genera