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Species Acritus nigricornis

Acritus nigricornis
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 nigricornis (Acritus nigricornis)
Explanation of Names
Acritus nigricornis (Hoffmann 1803)
Size
0.9-1.0 mm(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across w. Palaearctic, adventive in NA (QC, MB-BC, US) and other continents(1)
Habitat
dung/manure (esp. dried), rotting mushrooms, leaf litter, etc.(1)
Works Cited
1.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.