Acritus
Appearance
Acritus | |
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Acritus nigricornis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Histeridae |
Tribe: | Acritini |
Genus: | Acritus LeConte, 1853 |
Acritus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 110 described species in Acritus.[1][2]
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See also
References
- ^ "Acritus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Acritus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- 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.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
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