Biology:Acanthinus scitulus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Acanthinus scitulus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Anthicidae
Genus: Acanthinus
Species:
A. scitulus
Binomial name
Acanthinus scitulus
(LeConte, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthinus cubana Pic, 1944
  • Champion, 1890 Acanthinus gracilipes

Acanthinus scitulus is a species of antlike flower beetle in the family Anthicidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

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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