Acratini Explained

Acratini is a tribe of primitive weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are about 12 genera and at least 110 described species in Acratini.

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Acratini:

• Acratus Lacordaire, 1865

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• Fonteboanius Senna, 1893

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• Leptocymatium Kleine, 1922

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• Neacratus Alonso-Zarazaga, Lyal, Bartolozzi and Sforzi, 1999

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• Nemobrenthus Sharp, 1895

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• Nemocephalinus Kleine, 1927

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• Nemocephalus Guérin-Méneville, 1827

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• Nemocoryna Sharp, 1895

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• Proteramocerus Kleine, 1921

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• Sclerotrachelus Kleine, 1921

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• Teramocerus Schoenherr, 1840

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• Thaumastopsis Kleine, 1921

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Further reading

• Book: Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lyal . Christopher H.C.. 1999. A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. 84-605-9994-9.
• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. 2011ZooK...88....1B. free.
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. free. 0665070772.
• Douglas . H.. Bouchard . P.. Anderson . R.S.. de Tonnancour . P.. Vigneault . R.. Webster . R.P. 4. 2013. New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada. ZooKeys. 681. 13–48. 10.3897/zookeys.681.12469. 28769721. 5523881. free.
• Book: Evans . Arthur V.. Hogue . James N.. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. 978-0520246577.
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Watt . J.Charles. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 10.5962/bhl.title.8777. free.
• Book: Sforzi . Alessandra. Bartolozzi . Luca. 2004. Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 39. 88-86041-35-7. 1121-7545. Sforzi. Alessandra. Bartolozzi. Luca.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.