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Xenodusa cava
Xenodusa cava is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America. It is myrmecophilic, with its larvae living in ant colonies, begging for food and consuming ant larvae....
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 233760.