Biology:Acanthinus

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Acanthinus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Anthicidae
Subfamily: Anthicinae
Genus: Acanthinus
LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Dilandius Casey, 1895
  • Casey, 1904 Liobaulius

Acanthinus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are more than 30 described species in Acanthinus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Acanthinus:

  • Acanthinus acutus Werner
  • Acanthinus aequinoctialis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Acanthinus argentinus (Argentine anthicid)
  • Acanthinus bordoni Werner
  • Acanthinus browni Werner
  • Acanthinus ceibensis Werner
  • Acanthinus chalumeaui Bonadona, 1981
  • Acanthinus clavicornis (Champion, 1890)
  • Acanthinus continuus Werner
  • Acanthinus dromedarius (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Acanthinus elegantulus Werner
  • Acanthinus exilis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Acanthinus fairchildi Werner
  • Acanthinus fastigatus Werner
  • Acanthinus formiciformis Werner
  • Acanthinus fucosus Werner
  • Acanthinus geijskesi Werner
  • Acanthinus glareosus Werner, 1966
  • Acanthinus harringtoni Werner
  • Acanthinus imitans Werner
  • Acanthinus invitus Werner
  • Acanthinus kraussi Werner
  • Acanthinus laevithorax Werner
  • Acanthinus lanceatus Werner
  • Acanthinus myrmecops (Casey, 1895)
  • Acanthinus nevermanni Werner
  • Acanthinus parianae Werner
  • Acanthinus pilositibia Werner
  • Acanthinus quinquemaculatus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Acanthinus rohweri Werner
  • Acanthinus schwarzi Werner
  • Acanthinus scitulus (LeConte, 1852)
  • Acanthinus simplicisternum Werner
  • Acanthinus spinicollis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Acanthinus trifasciatus (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Acanthinus umbilicatus Chandler
  • Acanthinus veracruzensis Werner
  • Acanthinus zeteki Werner


References

Further reading

  • Chandler, Donald S. (2002). "Family 117: Anthicidae Latreille, 1819". American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 549–558. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0. 
  • Werner, Floyd G. (1970). "A Revision of the Acanthinus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). IX. The Leporinus, Scitulus, Cuyabanus, and Myrmecops-Groups". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63 (3): 718–731. doi:10.1093/aesa/63.3.718. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0. 

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