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Tribe Bacaniini

Bacanius acuminatus Casey - Bacanius acuminatus Bacanius acuminatus Casey - Bacanius acuminatus Geocolus caecus Bacanius (s.str.) tantillus J.L. LeConte 1853 - Bacanius tantillus Bacanius (s.str.) tantillus J.L. LeConte 1853 - Bacanius tantillus Tiny beetle extracted from wood chip compost - Bacanius Bacanius punctiformis? from a piece of oak log - Bacanius Hydrophiloidea – Clown Beetles – Histeridae – Dendrophilinae – Bacaniini - Bacanius - Bacanius
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 Dendrophilinae
Tribe Bacaniini
Explanation of Names
Bacaniini Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt 1976
Numbers
8 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), >170 spp. in ~16 genera total
Range
in our area, e. & w. US(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 1 April, 2011 - 3:45pm
Last updated 8 September, 2023 - 4:05pm

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