Acritini
| Acritini | |
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| Acritus nigricornis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Genera[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "Acritini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Acritini 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.). (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[edit]
Media related to Acritini at Wikimedia Commons