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Acritus (Acritus) minutus

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Description

Acritus (Acritus) minutus (Herbst)

Literature data. “All of Italy ” (Porta 1926). “ Sardinia ” (Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Cagliari prov.: Cagliari, 15.II.1883, AD, 2 ex (CAD; Penati & Vienna 2002, 2005, 2006a); idem, sd, UL, 1 ex (CAD; Penati & Vienna 2002, 2005, 2006a). Oristano prov.: Oristano, 19.V.1902, AD, 1 ex (CAD; Penati & Vienna 2002, 2005, 2006a). Sassari prov.: Tempio Pausania, 21.IV.1903, AD, 1 ex (CAD; Penati & Vienna 2002, 2005, 2006a).

Notes. Considering that the specimens from Cagliari, Oristano and Tempio Pausania (CAD) actually belong to Acritus (Acritus) nigricornis (see notes under that species) and that, apart from the above, very generic records, the presence of this species in Sardinia is documented neither in the literature (Tab. 1) nor in the examined collections, A. minutus should be considered as absent from Sardinia.

Notes

Published as part of Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, pp. 197-280 in Zootaxa 2318 on page 262

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Herbst
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Histeridae
Genus
Acritus
Species
minutus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acritus (Acritus) minutus (Herbst, 1791) sec. Penati, 2009

References

  • Porta, A. (1926) Fauna Coleopterorum Italica. Vol. II - Staphylinoidea. Stabilimento Tipografico Piacentino, Piacenza, 405 pp.
  • Yelamos, T. & Lackner, T. (2004) Fauna Europaea: Histeridae. In: Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. (Ed.), Fauna Europaea: Coleoptera 1. Fauna Europaea version 1.1, available at http: // www. faunaeur. org [accessed September 2009 as version 1.3 of April 19 th 2007.]
  • Penati, F. & Vienna, P. (2002) Fascicolo 46 - Coleoptera Myxophaga, Polyphaga I (Hydrophiloidea, Histeroidea). In: Stoch, F. & Zoia, S. (Eds), Aggiornamenti alla Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. VII. Contributo. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 134 (1), 75 - 83.
  • Penati, F. & Vienna, P. (2005) Insecta Coleoptera Histeridae. In: Ruffo, S. & Stoch, F. (Eds), Checklist e distribuzione della fauna italiana. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 2. serie, Sezione Scienze della Vita, 16, pp. 173 - 175, with data on CD-ROM.
  • Penati, F. & Vienna, P. (2006 a) Insecta Coleoptera Histeridae. In: Ruffo, S. & Stoch, F. (Eds), Checklist and distribution of the Italian fauna. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 2. serie, Sezione Scienze della Vita, 17, pp. 173 - 175, with data on CD-ROM.