Subfamily Anthicinae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

tan-caped anthicid - Ischyropalpus cochisei

Acanthinus exilis (LaFerté-Sénectère) - Acanthinus exilis

Small saline shore beetles - Vacusus confinis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)

Subfamily Anthicinae

Numbers

by far the largest subfamily, with ~120 spp. in 11 genera in our area(1) (all in the Anthicini), and ~2,500 spp. in 40 genera arranged into 4 tribes worldwide (with nos. of genera): Anthicini (32), Endomiini (1), Formicomini (4), and Microhorini (4)(2)

not yet in the guide: Baulius Casey 1895 (monotypic genus; sw. US)

Range

Anthicini is cosmopolitan, the other 3 tribes are in the Old World(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Telnov D. (2011) Anthicidae, Ant-like flower beetles (in The Tree of Life Web Project)

Contributed by v belov on 20 September, 2009 - 11:30am
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 9:27am

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