Kenocoelus
{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Kenocoelus
| image = Kenocoelus_johni_female.png
| image_caption = Female Kenocoelus johni
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Coleoptera
| familia = Staphylinidae
| subfamilia = Pselaphinae
| tribus = Trichonychini
| genus = Kenocoelus
| genus_authority = Broun, 1911
}}
Kenocoelus is a genus of rove beetles (the family Staphylinidae) containing a number of species, all endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite journal|last1=Leschen|first1=R. A.|last2=Lawrence|first2=J. F. |last3=Kuschel|first3=G. |last4=Thorpe|first4=S.|last5=Wang|first5=Q.|date=2003|title=Coleoptera genera of New Zealand |url=http://www.cerambycoidea.com/titles/leschenalii2003.pdf|journal=New Zealand Entomologist |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=15–28 |doi=10.1080/00779962.2003.9722105|bibcode=2003NZEnt..26...15L |s2cid=85828745}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/fc95e8cc-43ee-4afe-ba47-259c004d19e5 |title=Kenocoelus Boun 1911 |website=New Zealand Organisms Register |publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand|access-date=2017-08-14}} It is part of the Trichonychini tribe, in the Pselaphinae subfamily of Staphylinidae.
Description
These are small beetles (body size 1.46–1.76mm) with short antennae and small, ovoid eyes.{{Cite journal|last1=Nomura|first1=Shûhei|last2=Leschen|first2=Richard A. B.|date=2015-03-01|title=Myrmecophilous Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from New Zealand|journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin|volume=69|issue=1|pages=121–152|doi=10.1649/0010-065x-69.1.121|s2cid=86835873|issn=0010-065X}} They can be distinguished from similar genera of Trichonychini from their small size, short first antennal segment and pronotum without sulci.
Ant associations
Species
- Kenocoelus dimorphus Broun, 1911
- Kenocoelus johni Nomura & Leschen, 2015
- Kenocoelus mikonuiensis Nomura & Leschen, 2015
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Category:Endemic beetles of New Zealand
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