Acanthinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Anthicidae
Subfamilia: Anthicinae
Tribus: Anthicini
Genus: Acanthinus
Species:

USA: (Per Bugguide, presumably after Chandler in Arnett, 2002):
A. argentinus – A. clavicornis – A. dromedarius – A. exilis – A. myrmecops – A. scitulus – A. spinicollis

For "Bimaculifer-Group" in Werner, 1966:
A. bimaculifer – (Pic, 1889) [Brazil] A. carlosi – (Pic, 1904) [Argentina] A. latemaculifer – (Pic, 1914) [Brazil] A. immaculifer – (Pic, 1908) [Brazil]

For "Striatopunctatus-Group" in Werner, 1967:
A. striatopunctatus – (LaFerte) A. varicornis – (Champion) A. regularis – (Heberdey) A. simplicisternum – Werner, 1967 [Brazil] A. canthinus (nevermanni) – Werner, 1967 [Costa Rica] A. geijskesi – Werner, 1967 [Surinam] A. pilositibia – Werner, 1967 [Brazil] A. lanceatus – Werner, 1967 [Surinam] A. bechyneorum – Werner, 1967 [Brazil] A. paraguayensis – Werner, 1967 [Paraguay & Argentina] Allied: A. silvai – Werner, 1967 [Brazil & Argentina] A. freyorum – Werner, 1967 [Trinidad] A. bokermanni – Werner, 1967 [Brazil] A. parianae – (Werner, 1967 [Brazil]

Other potential species after Werner, 1966-1970:
A. aequinoctialis – A. glareosus – A. quinquemaculatus – A. pallipes – A. tridentatus – A. trifasciatus
(plus many others!)

Type species: [?!] (Five listed in LaFerté-Sénectère, ["1848"])

Gender: masculine

Acanthinus LaFerté-Sénectère, ["1848"]: 106, (Key, species 313, (Index, species 357) (Protonym) [?] LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849: 5.
Dilandius Casey 1895: 642 (Synonym stated in Arnett et al., 2002: 555. Type may be myrmecops)
Liobaulius Casey 1904: 316 (Synonym stated in Arnett et al., 2002: 555)

(See also Werner, 1966-1970)

La Ferté-Sénectère, F. de ["1848"]. Monographie Des Anthicus et Genres Voisins, Coléoptères Hétéromères de La Tribu Des Trachélides. Impr. De Sapia, Paris, xxiv + 340 pp., 16 Pls. BHL Reference page.
La Ferté-Sénectère, F. de 1849. in Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (ed). Species et Iconographie Générique des Animaux Articulés ou Représentation des Genres, avec leur Description et celle de toutes les Espèces. (7) 5. Gallica Reference page.
Arnett, R.H. jr, Thomas, M.C., Skelley, P.E. & Frank, J.H. (eds.). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. Reference page. [Note, p.555 says "Seven North American species, southern and midwestern states to the Southwest" but does not detail which]

See also series of papers by Werner, 1964-1970, I-X in Annals of the Entomological Society of America, e.g.:

Werner, F.G. 1966. A revision of Acanthinus (Col., Anthicidae). I. The Bimaculifer-group. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 59(3): 509–513. Abstract DOI: 10.1093/aesa/59.3.509
Werner, F.G. 1967. A revision of Acanthinus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). V. The Striatopunctatus-Group and some related forms Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60(3): 535–549. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/60.3.535