Acritus

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Acritus
Acritus nigricornis
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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]

Acritus nigricornis

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Acritus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "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[edit]

  • 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.

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