Acanthinus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are more than 30 described species in Acanthinus.[1][2][3]

Acanthinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Anthicidae
Subfamily: Anthicinae
Genus: Acanthinus
LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Dilandius Casey, 1895
  • Liobaulius Casey, 1904

Species

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These 38 species belong to the genus Acanthinus:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Acanthinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Acanthinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

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  • Chandler, Donald S. (2002). "Family 117: Anthicidae Latreille, 1819". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 549–558. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Werner, Floyd G. (1970). "A Revision of the Acanthinus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). IX. The Leporinus, Scitulus, Cuyabanus, and Myrmecops-Groups". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63 (3): 718–731. doi:10.1093/aesa/63.3.718.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.