Hypocacculus Explained

Hypocacculus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 20 described species in Hypocacculus.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Hypocacculus:

• Hypocacculus atrocyaneus (Schmidt, 1888)
• Hypocacculus australis Vienna, 1993
• Hypocacculus biskrensis (Marseul, 1876)
• Hypocacculus caeruleoniger (Desbordes, 1917)
• Hypocacculus congocola Desbordes, 1924
• Hypocacculus curtus (Rosenhauer, 1847)
• Hypocacculus deuvei Gomy & Vienna, 1998
• Hypocacculus elongatulus (Rosenhauer, 1856)
• Hypocacculus gambiensis Dahlgren, 1981
• Hypocacculus harmonicus (Marseul, 1869)
• Hypocacculus hyla (Marseul, 1864)
• Hypocacculus infensus G.Müller, 1937
• Hypocacculus metallescens (Erichson, 1834)
• Hypocacculus praecox (Erichson, 1834)
• Hypocacculus pseudorubricatus Vienna, 1993
• Hypocacculus rubricatus (Lewis, 1899)
• Hypocacculus simillimus Vienna, 1993
• Hypocacculus simulans Vienna, 1993
• Hypocacculus simulator G.Müller, 1944
• Hypocacculus solieri (Marseul, 1862)
• Hypocacculus spretulus (Erichson, 1834)
• Hypocacculus virens Dahlgren, 1973

Further reading

• Record of Two Species of Histeridae New to the North American Fauna, Hypocacculus metallescens (Erichson) and Atholus confinis (Erichson), in Florida. 2010. Tishechkin . Alexey K.. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 64. 3. 287–288. 10.1649/0010-065X-64.3.287.19. 40983321.
• 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.