Acratus (beetle)

For classical individuals named Acratus, see Acratus.

Acratus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Brentidae
Tribe:	Acratini
Genus:	Acratus Lacordaire, 1865

Acratus is a genus of primitive weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 30 described species in Acratus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 34 species belong to the genus Acratus:

• Acratus apicalis Sharp, 1895 ^{i c g}
• Acratus armatus Senna, 1897 ^{i c g}
• Acratus bechynei Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus bellus Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus carioca Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus diringshofeni Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus disjunctus Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus durabilis Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus errabundus Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus expectatus Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus expressus Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus exquisitus Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus extraordinarius Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus extrarius Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus fallax Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus fidelis Kleine, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Acratus gracilipes Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus interruptolineatus (Gyllenhal, 1833) ^{i c g}
• Acratus laevigatus (Boheman, 1840) ^{i c g}
• Acratus mendax Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus nitidissimus Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus plumirostris (Boheman, 1840) ^{i c g}
• Acratus pohli Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus propinquus Senna, 1890 ^{i c g}
• Acratus pseudoarticulatus Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus ruber (Erichson, 1847) ^{i c g}
• Acratus seabrai Soares and Meyer, 1959 ^{i c g}
• Acratus seorsus Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Acratus subfasciatus (Boheman, 1840) ^{i c g}
• Acratus suratus (Boheman, 1840) ^{i c g}
• Acratus suturalis (Lund, 1800) ^{i c g}
• Acratus tarsatus (Gyllenhal, 1833) ^{i c g}
• Acratus telesi Soares and Meyer, 1959 ^{i c g}
• Acratus villens Soares, 1970 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. "Acratus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
2. "Browse Acratus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
3. "Acratus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN   84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (eds.). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. ISBN   88-86041-35-7. ISSN   1121-7545.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.