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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Abraeinae » Acritini » Acritus » subgenus Acritus (Acritus subgenus Acritus) » Acritus exiguus

Species Acritus exiguus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
tiny Histerid - Acritus exiguus tiny Histerid - Acritus exiguus Acritus (s.str.) exiguus (Erichson 1834) - Acritus exiguus Acritus exiguus? - Acritus exiguus Acritus exiguus? - Acritus exiguus Unknown Beetle - Acritus exiguus submillimeter Histeridae - Acritus exiguus submillimeter Histeridae - Acritus exiguus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Abraeinae
Tribe Acritini
Genus Acritus
No Taxon (subgenus Acritus)
Species exiguus (Acritus exiguus)
Explanation of Names
Acritus exiguus (Erichson 1834)
Size
0.8-1.0 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (so. Canada to FL-TX)(2)
Food
suspected to be a predator of tiny arthropods (springtails, mites, insect eggs, &c.)(1)
Internet References
Species page (Tishechkin 2007)(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 February, 2008 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 April, 2019 - 6:41pm

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