Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Histeroidea
Familia: Histeridae
Subfamilia: Abraeinae
Tribus: Acritini
Genus: Acritus
Subgenera: A. (Acritus) – A. (Pycnacritus)
Overview of species
A. acaroides – A. analis – A. arizonae – A. attaphilus – A. caledoniae – A. cooteri – A. copricola – A. discus – A. exiguus – A. fimetarius – A. homoeopathicus – A. hopffgarteni – A. italicus – A. komai – A. kuscheli – A. minutus – A. nepalensis – A. nigricornis – A. pascuarum – A. schmidti – A. shirozui – A. strigosus – A. tataricus – A. tazekae – A. udege
Name
Acritus LeConte, 1853
References
Bousquet, Y.; Laplante, S. 2006: The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN-10: 066019399X ISBN-13: 978-0660193991 [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1976: Contribution a la connaissance des Histeridae de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Nouvelle revue d'entomologie, 6(2): 153–171. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1978: Coleopteres Histeridae nouveaux de l'archipel des Mascareignes. Revue de zoologie africaine, 92(3): 569–592. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1980: Un Acritus nouveau du bassin de la Mediterranee (Col., Histeridae). Entomologiste, 36(6): 215–217. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1981: Contribution a la connaissance des micro-Histeridae d'Afrique orientale (Insecta, Coleoptera). Revue suisse de zoologie, 88(3): 641–653. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1982: Contribution a la connaissance des Histeridae de Nouvelle-Caledonie (Col.). (Deuxieme note). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie, 12(2): 151–159. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1984: Revision des Acritini d'Australie et de Tasmanie (Coleoptera, Histeridae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 20(2): 171–201. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 1994: Contribution à la connaissance des Acritini éthiopiens (VIII). Description d'Acritus lamberti spec. nov. (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Zoologische mededelingen, 68(20): 215–219. ISSN: 0024-0672
Gomy, Y. 1999: Description of three new species of micro-Histeridae from continental China. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 104(4): 375–380. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 2001: Two Acritus Le Conte new for the neotropical fauna (Coleoptera, Histeridae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 70(9): 234–236. [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 2006: Contribution to the knowledge of neotropical micro-Histeridae. Synonymical note (Coleoptera). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie, 22(4): ?-? [not seen]
Gomy, Y. 2007: [Contribution to the knowledge of Ethiopian Acritini. (X). Study of some '"types" and description of a new species of Acritus J. L. Le Conte, 1853 from Ethiopia (Coleoptera, Histeridae).] Nouvelle revue d'entomologie, 24(1): 37–52. [not seen]
Gomy, Y.; Tshechkin 1993: Description de deux micro-Histeridae nouveaux de Siberie orientale (Coleoptera). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie, 10(1): 13–16. [not seen]
Wenzel, R.L. 1955: The histerid beetles of New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Fieldiana, zoology, 37(23): 601–634, plates 14-16. Internet Archive BHL
Selected links
Database of the Superfamily Histeroidea
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Acritus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 110 described species in Acritus.[1][2]
Acritus nigricornis
See also
List of Acritus species
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.
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