Acanthinus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are more than 30 described species in Acanthinus.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Anthicidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthicinae |
| Genus: | Acanthinus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 |
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Species
editThese 38 species belong to the genus Acanthinus:
- Acanthinus acutus Werner
- Acanthinus aequinoctialis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Acanthinus argentinus (Argentine anthicid)
- Acanthinus bordoni Werner
- Acanthinus browni Werner
- Acanthinus ceibensis Werner
- Acanthinus chalumeaui Bonadona, 1981
- Acanthinus clavicornis (Champion, 1890)
- Acanthinus continuus Werner
- Acanthinus dromedarius (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Acanthinus elegantulus Werner
- Acanthinus exilis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Acanthinus fairchildi Werner
- Acanthinus fastigatus Werner
- Acanthinus formiciformis Werner
- Acanthinus fucosus Werner
- Acanthinus geijskesi Werner
- Acanthinus glareosus Werner, 1966
- Acanthinus harringtoni Werner
- Acanthinus imitans Werner
- Acanthinus invitus Werner
- Acanthinus kraussi Werner
- Acanthinus laevithorax Werner
- Acanthinus lanceatus Werner
- Acanthinus myrmecops (Casey, 1895)
- Acanthinus nevermanni Werner
- Acanthinus parianae Werner
- Acanthinus pilositibia Werner
- Acanthinus quinquemaculatus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Acanthinus rohweri Werner
- Acanthinus schwarzi Werner
- Acanthinus scitulus (LeConte, 1852)
- Acanthinus simplicisternum Werner
- Acanthinus spinicollis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Acanthinus trifasciatus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Acanthinus umbilicatus Chandler
- Acanthinus veracruzensis Werner
- Acanthinus zeteki Werner
References
edit- ^ a b "Acanthinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Acanthinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Acanthinus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- 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.