# Kenocoelus

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***Kenocoelus*** is a genus of [rove beetles](/source/Rove_beetle) (the family Staphylinidae) containing a number of species, all [endemic](/source/Endemic) to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).[1][2] It is part of the [Trichonychini](/source/Trichonychini) tribe, in the [Pselaphinae](/source/Pselaphinae) subfamily of Staphylinidae.

## Description

These are small beetles (body size 1.46–1.76mm) with short antennae and small, ovoid eyes.[3] They can be distinguished from similar genera of [Trichonychini](/source/Trichonychini) from their small size, short first antennal segment and pronotum without [sulci](/source/Sulcus_(morphology)).

## Ant associations

Some species of *Kenocoelus* have been repeatedly collected within *[Huberia](/source/Huberia_(ant))* ant nests suggesting that the beetles are [inquilines](/source/Inquiline) although interactions between the species have not been directly observed.[3]

## Species

- *[Kenocoelus dimorphus](/source/Kenocoelus_dimorphus)* Broun, 1911
- *[Kenocoelus johni](/source/Kenocoelus_johni)* Nomura & Leschen, 2015
- *[Kenocoelus mikonuiensis](/source/Kenocoelus_mikonuiensis)* Nomura & Leschen, 2015

## References

1. Leschen, R. A.; Lawrence, J. F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. (2003). ["Coleoptera genera of New Zealand"](http://www.cerambycoidea.com/titles/leschenalii2003.pdf). *New Zealand Entomologist*. **26** (1): 15–28. [Bibcode:2003NZEnt..26...15L](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NZEnt..26...15L). [doi:10.1080/00779962.2003.9722105](https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2003.9722105). [S2CID 85828745](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85828745)

1. ["Kenocoelus Boun 1911"](http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/fc95e8cc-43ee-4afe-ba47-259c004d19e5). *New Zealand Organisms Register*. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 2017-08-14.

1. Nomura, Shûhei & Leschen, Richard A. B. (2015-03-01). "Myrmecophilous Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from New Zealand". *The Coleopterists Bulletin*. **69** (1): 121–152. [doi:10.1649/0010-065x-69.1.121](https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-69.1.121). [ISSN 0010-065X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0010-065X). [S2CID 86835873](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86835873)

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