Acanthocnemus
Acanthocnemus nigricans is a species of polyphagan beetle, the only species in the monotypic genus Acanthocnemus, in turn the only genus in the monotypic family Acanthocnemidae, and native to Australia.[2][3][4] The species is adventive in numerous other countries (Lobl & Smetana, 2007). It is pyrophilous and attracted to forest fires.
| Acanthocnemus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1970 |
| Genus: | Acanthocnemus Perris, 1867 |
| Species: | A. nigricans |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthocnemus nigricans (Hope, 1843[1]) | |
References
- Hope, F. W. 1843. Descriptions of new species of insects collected at Adelaide in South-Western Australia by Mr. Fortnum. Proceedings of the Entomological Society for June 6, 1842. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (70) 11: 317–319
- Foottit, Robert G.; Adler, Peter H., eds. (2017). Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 353. ISBN 9781118945551. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- "Australian Faunal Directory". environment.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- "Acanthocnemidae - Nomen.at - animals and plants". nomen.at.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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