Figure 1 in Life cycle and behaviour of Charoxus spinifer and Charoxus major (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), predators of fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae)

Figure 1. Left, adult female Charoxus spinifer (Florida, USA). The male (fig. 1 in Frank and Thomas 1997) has a posteriorly projecting prominent spine at each side of abdominal tergite IV, the only reported occurrence of such structures in the genus Charoxus. Right, adult female Charoxus major (Veracruz, Mexico). The male has a relatively longer head and thorax, and longer mouthparts (mandibles and maxillae). Photographs by Lyle Buss, University of Florida.