Vacusus

Vacusus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are about six described species in Vacusus.^[1][2][3]

Vacusus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Anthicidae
Subfamily:	Anthicinae
Genus:	Vacusus Casey, 1895

Species

These six species belong to the genus Vacusus:

• Vacusus confinis (LeConte, 1851)
• Vacusus formicetorum (Wasmann, 1894)
• Vacusus infernus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
• Vacusus jamaicanus Werner
• Vacusus nigritulus (LeConte, 1851)
• Vacusus vicinus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)

References

1. "Vacusus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
2. "Vacusus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
3. "Vacusus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-19.

Further reading

• Werner, F. G. (1961). "A Revision of the Genus Vacusus Casey (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 54 (6): 798–809. doi:10.1093/aesa/54.6.798.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.