Choleva

***Choleva*** er en slekt av biller som hører til familiem mycelbiller.

## Utseende
Middelsstore (4-8 millimeter), avlange og langbeinte, matte, gjerne rødbrunlige kadaverbiller. Antennene er lange og tynne. Hodet er rundet med en tydelig "hals" markert av en skarp tverrfure. Pronotum er rundet, gjerne litt bredere enn de rundede dekkvingene, som er fint hårete og gjerne har ganske fine punkstriper. Beina er forholdsvis lange og tynne.

## Levevis
Disse billene er for det meste altetere. Noen arter er vanlige på skogbunnen, andre lever i huler. Noen av artene finnes gjerne i tilknytning til bolene til mus og andre småpattedyr.

## Utbredelse
Gruppen er mest artsrik i Europa, med mange hulelevende arter, men forekommer over det meste av Jorda.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller, **Coleoptera**
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien åtsel- og rovbiller, **Staphylinoidea**
**** Familien **[[mycelbiller]], [[Leiodidae]]** Fleming, 1821
***** Underfamilien kadaverbiller, **[[Cholevinae]]**
****** Stammen Cholevini
******* Understammen Cholevina
******** Slekten ***Choleva*** Latreille, 1796  – seks arter i Norge
********* *Choleva agilis* (Illiger, 1798)
********* *Choleva alpicola* Sermet, 1958
********* *Choleva anatina* Szymczakowski, 1962
********* *Choleva angistrina* Reitter, 1887
********* *Choleva angustata* (Fabricius, 1781)
********* *Choleva barnevillei* Tournier, 1872
********* *Choleva bedeli* Jeannel, 1923
********* *Choleva bertiae* Giachino & Vailati, 2000
********* *Choleva bicolor* Jeannel, 1923
********* *Choleva bosnica* Ganglbauer, 1899
********* *Choleva calabrica* Bordoni, 1983
********* *Choleva casalei* Giachino & Vailati, 2000
********* *Choleva cerrutii* Henrot, 1967
********* *Choleva chihuahua* Peck & Stephan, 1996
********* *Choleva cisteloides* (Frölich, 1799)
********* *Choleva cribrata* Saulcy, 1865
********* *Choleva cyrtoptera* Szymczakowski, 1976
********* *Choleva doderoi* Breit, 1903
********* *Choleva dorsigera* (Marseul, 1864)
********* *Choleva elongata* (Paykull, 1798)
********* *Choleva emgei* Reitter, 1884
********* *Choleva etontii* Giachino & Vailati, 2000
********* *Choleva fagniezi* Jeannel, 1922
********* *Choleva fasciculatum* Salgado, 2017
********* *Choleva fencli* Růžička, 1993
********* *Choleva fresnedai* Salgado, 2016
********* *Choleva gabriellae* Giachino, 1985
********* *Choleva garganona* Reitter, 1913
********* *Choleva glauca* Britten, 1918
********* *Choleva grupoi* Salgado, Blas & Fresneda, 2004
********* *Choleva henroti* Szymczakowski, 1961
********* *Choleva hirtula* Reitter, 1884
********* *Choleva hondurensis* Peck, 1999
********* *Choleva impressithorax* Pic, 1922
********* *Choleva infissionis* Salgado, 2016
********* *Choleva jeanneli* Britten, 1922
********* *Choleva kocheri* Henrot, 1962
********* *Choleva kostali* J.Vávra, 1998
********* *Choleva lederiana* Reitter, 1902
********* *Choleva leucophthalma* Fiori, 1899
********* *Choleva libanotica* Reitter, 1884
********* *Choleva lobulatum* Salgado, 2017
********* *Choleva lonquimayi* Salgado, 2016
********* *Choleva macedonica* Karaman, 1954
********* *Choleva major* Fairmaire, 1892
********* *Choleva marseuli* Jeannel, 1923
********* *Choleva matthewsi* Champion, 1913
********* *Choleva matthewsi* Peck & Cook, 2019 (homonym, må endres)
********* *Choleva matthiesseni* Reitter, 1914
********* *Choleva medvedevi* Perreau, 1995
********* *Choleva mertliki* J.Vávra, 1998
********* *Choleva monticola* Jeannel, 1962
********* *Choleva myrmeleonis* Salgado, 2016
********* *Choleva nicoperezi* Salgado, 2016
********* *Choleva nivalis* (Kraatz, 1856)
********* *Choleva norvegica* Sparre-Schneider, 1876
********* *Choleva oblonga* Latreille, 1806
********* *Choleva obscuripes* Reitter, 1888
********* *Choleva oresitropha* Ganglbauer, 1896
********* *Choleva paskoviensis* Reitter, 1913
********* *Choleva pilifera* Reitter, 1884
********* *Choleva potosi* Peck & Stephan, 1996
********* *Choleva pudibundum* Szymczakowski, 1967
********* *Choleva punctata* Brisout de Barneville, 1866
********* *Choleva puyehue* Salgado, 2017
********* *Choleva reitteri* Petri, 1915
********* *Choleva rousi* Růžička, 1993
********* *Choleva safranboluensis* J.Vávra, 1998
********* *Choleva sagittaria* Růžička, 1993
********* *Choleva schuelkei* Růžička & J.Vávra, 2003
********* *Choleva smolkai* Lommicki, 1913
********* *Choleva sobrinum* Szymczakowski, 1965
********* *Choleva spadicea* (Sturm, 1839)
********* *Choleva sparsicollis* Reitter, 1907
********* *Choleva spinipennis* Reitter, 1890
********* *Choleva stricta* Iablokov-Khnzorian, 1963
********* *Choleva sturmi* Brisout de Barneville, 1863
********* *Choleva taurica* Giachino & Vailati, 2000
********* *Choleva topali* Szymczakowski, 1965
********* *Choleva turcica* Coiffait, 1959
********* *Choleva uludagica* Giachino & Vailati, 2000
********* *Choleva uncatum* Salgado, 2017
********* *Choleva valdivianum* Szymczakowski, 1970
********* *Choleva vandeli* Coiffait, 1954
********* *Choleva villosa* Jeannel, 1923
********* *Choleva xilitla* Peck & Stephan, 1996
********* *Choleva zolotarevi* Reitter, 1909

## Kilder
* Leiodidae i Tree of life
* Silfverberg, H. 1992. *Enumeratio Coleopterorum Fennoscandiae, Daniae et Baltiae* (liste over Nordens biller). Helsinki.

## Eksterne lenker
* *Choleva* på GBIF https://www.gbif.org/species/9172976
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