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Species Acritus acaroides

Acritus (s.str.) acaroides Horn 1873 - Acritus acaroides Acritus (s.str.) acaroides Horn 1873 - Acritus acaroides Acritus acaroides Marseul - Acritus acaroides Acritus acaroides Marseul - Acritus acaroides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Abraeinae
Tribe Acritini
Genus Acritus
No Taxon (subgenus Acritus)
Species acaroides (Acritus acaroides)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acritus sallei Horn 1873
Explanation of Names
Acritus acaroides Marseul 1856
acaroides = 'mite-like'
Size
0.9-1.1 mm(1)
Range
mostly se. US (OK-TX-GA-SC)(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
typically, lowland hardwood forests, often in floodplains; in flood debris and litter atop beaver lodges; but also collection under a grass clump in a high montane grassland (1)
Season
Apr-Oct in east-central Texas(4)
Life Cycle
Flight activity in east-central TX between 0600 and 2200 h, peak 1900-2000 h(4)
Print References
Summerlin J.W., Fincher G.T., Hunter J.S., Beerwinkle K.R. (1993) Seasonal distribution and diel flight activity of dung-attracted histerids in open and wooded pastures in East-central Texas. Southwestern Entomologist 18(4): 251-261.
Internet References
Species page (Tishechkin 2007)(1)