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''Acritus'' is a genus of clown beetles in the family
Histeridae Histeridae is a family of beetles commonly known as clown beetles or Hister beetles. This very diverse group of beetles contains 3,900 species found worldwide. They can be easily identified by their shortened elytra that leaves two of the seven t ...
. There are at least 110 described species in ''Acritus''.


See also

* List of ''Acritus'' species


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.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. * * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.


External links


NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Acritus''
Histeridae Staphyliniformia genera Taxa named by John Eatton Le Conte {{histeridae-stub