Bacanius Explained

Bacanius is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 70 described species in Bacanius.

Species

These 77 species belong to the genus Bacanius:

• Bacanius acicularis (Fauvel, 1891)
• Bacanius acuminatus Casey, 1893
• Bacanius africanus Bickhardt, 1911
• Bacanius albiusi Gomy, 1978
• Bacanius ambiguus Schmidt, 1893
• Bacanius andrei Gomy, 2001
• Bacanius angolensis Thérond, 1962
• Bacanius auctus (Marseul, 1879)
• Bacanius baloghi Gomy, 1977
• Bacanius bicolor Mazur, 1975
• Bacanius borbonicus Gomy, 1970
• Bacanius bougainvillei Gomy, 1976
• Bacanius cavisternus Gomy, 1980
• Bacanius charriei Gomy, 1978
• Bacanius collettei Gomy, 1999
• Bacanius comorensis Gomy, 1978
• Bacanius consobrinus (Aubé, 1850)
• Bacanius convergens Schmidt, 1896
• Bacanius cooki Gomy, 1976
• Bacanius crenulatus Wenzel, 1944
• Bacanius creolus Gomy, 1970
• Bacanius debilitans Casey, 1893
• Bacanius dentrecasteauxi Gomy, 1976
• Bacanius fauveli Wenzel, 1955
• Bacanius ferrugineus Bickhardt, 1918
• Bacanius franzi Gomy, 1970
• Bacanius gestroi Schmidt, 1893
• Bacanius globulinus Casey, 1893
• Bacanius gomyi Yélamos, 1996
• Bacanius gourvesi Gomy, 1981
• Bacanius granulosus Gomy, 1980
• Bacanius greensladei Gomy, 1988
• Bacanius hatchi Wenzel, 1960
• Bacanius hemisphaeroides (Marseul, 1879)
• Bacanius humicola Marseul, 1856
• Bacanius insularis Gomy, 1978
• Bacanius irlanda Mazur & Sawoniewicz, 2008
• Bacanius kapleri Gomy, 1999
• Bacanius kaszabi Gomy, 1977
• Bacanius kurbatovi Gomy & Tishechkin, 1993
• Bacanius lableri (Reichardt, 1941)
• Bacanius laperousei Gomy, 1976
• Bacanius lawrencei Gomy, 1992
• Bacanius leleupi Thérond, 1965
• Bacanius lucidus Thérond, 1965
• Bacanius mameti Gomy, 1970
• Bacanius martensi Gomy, 1992
• Bacanius mikado (Lewis, 1892)
• Bacanius misellus J.L.LeConte, 1853
• Bacanius montanus Mazur & Sawoniewicz, 2008
• Bacanius niponixua Lewis, 1879
• Bacanius nobleti Gomy, 1981
• Bacanius norfolcensis (Lea, 1925)
• Bacanius papulatus Cooman, 1933
• Bacanius peckorum Gomy, 1992
• Bacanius permirus (Marseul, 1879)
• Bacanius perreti Gomy, 1981
• Bacanius peyrierasi Gomy, 1969
• Bacanius punctiformis (J. L. LeConte, 1853)
• Bacanius punctiger (Fauvel, 1891)
• Bacanius quartus Thérond, 1967
• Bacanius remingtoni Wenzel, 1955
• Bacanius riftensis Gomy, 1981
• Bacanius rugisternus Wenzel, 1944
• Bacanius scalptus Lewis, 1888
• Bacanius schmidti Gomy, 1969
• Bacanius similis Mazur, 1975
• Bacanius subcarinatus Wenzel & Dybas, 1941
• Bacanius sulcilisternus Wenzel
• Bacanius sulcisternus Wenzel, 1944
• Bacanius suturalis (Lea, 1925)
• Bacanius szyszkoi Mazur, 1975
• Bacanius tantillus J. L. LeConte, 1853
• Bacanius therondi Gomy, 1969
• Bacanius vadoni Gomy, 1969
• Bacanius verschureni Thérond, 1959
• Bacanius wauensis Gomy, 1981

Further reading

• Book: A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 2011. Mazur . Slawomir. WULS - SGGW Press. 978-83-7583-3171.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.