Biology:Acritini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Acritini
Acritus nigricornis (Hoffmann, 1803) (3150947118) (2).jpg
Acritus nigricornis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Abraeinae
Tribe: Acritini
Wenzel, 1944

Acritini is a tribe of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 12 genera and at least 250 described species in Acritini.[1][2]

Acritus nigricornis

Genera

  • Abaeletes Cooman, 1940
  • Acritodes Cooman, 1935
  • Acritus J. L. LeConte, 1853
  • Aeletes Horn, 1873
  • Aeletodes Gomy, 1977
  • Anophtaeletes Olexa, 1976
  • Arizonacritus Gomy & Warner, 2013
  • Halacritus Schmidt, 1893
  • Iberacritus Yélamos, 1994
  • Mascarenium Gomy, 1978
  • Spelaeacritus Jeannel, 1934
  • Therondus Gomy, 1974

References

  • Mazur, Slawomir (1997). "A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea)". Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement), 373.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN:978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21214284 entry