Acritini Explained

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

• 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

• Mazur, Slawomir (1997). "A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea)". Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement), 373.

Further reading

• 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 .
• 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

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Acritini

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acritini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-27.
2. Web site: Acritini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-27.