Explanation of Names
Acanthinus argentinus (Pic 1913)
Range
native to S. America (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina), adventive and spreading in US (SC-FL-TX)
(2)(1)(Gimmel 2010)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 2003 (Gimmel 2010)
Print References
Gimmel M.L. (2010)
Acanthinus argentinus (Pic) newly established in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Col. Bull. 64: 94-95. (
Full text)
Werner F.G. (1970) A revision of Acanthinus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). IX. The leporinus, scitulus, cuyabanus, and myrmecops-groups. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 63: 718–731.