Acanthinus Explained

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

Species

These 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

Further reading

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