''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 use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

Colilodionini, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s belonging to the family

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...

and comprising eight

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

from

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

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'' Besuchet, 1991 * '' Colilodion mirus'' 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'' Löbl, 1998 * ''

Colilodion thienmu ''Colilodion'', sole member of the Tribe (biology), 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 ...

'' Nomura & Sugaya, 2007 * '' Colilodion wuesti'' Löbl, 1994

References

Bibliography

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q21215090 Clavigeritae Pselaphinae genera