Acritus nigricornis

Taxonavigation

Acritus nigricornis, body length about 1 mm

Taxonavigation: Histeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Histeroidea

Familia: Histeridae
Subfamilia: Abraeinae
Tribus: Acritini
Genus: Acritus
Species: Acritus nigricornis

Name

• Acritus nigricornis (Hoffmann, 1803)

Combinations

• Hister nigricornis: original combination

References

• Chuter, K.J. 1999: A new beetle habitat? Coleopterist, 8: 28. [not seen]
• Dorato Montero, F.R. 1991: Estudio ecológico de Chaetabraeus globulus (Creutzer) y Acritus nigricornis Hoffmann (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Elytron, 5(suppl. 1): 249–256. [not seen]
• Marzo, L. de 2002: Evidence for parthenogenesis of Acritus nigricornis (Hoffman) females from southern Italy (Coleoptera Histeridae). Entomologica, 36: 103–108. [not seen]

Links

• image on flickr (possibly misidentified?)

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