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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) » Anthicinae

Subfamily Anthicinae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
pale-foot black anthicid - Vacusus confinis Ischyropalpus occidentalis (Champion) - Ischyropalpus occidentalis Indoor beetle - Ischyropalpus Anthicidae: Ischyropalpus turgidicollis - Ischyropalpus turgidicollis Ischyropalpus sp. - Ischyropalpus nitidulus Anthicidae? - Vacusus confinis Acanthinus - Acanthinus argentinus Anthicus? - Anthicus
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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