Pseudacritus, Jan & ºimon-Pražák & Yamamoto & Lackner & Fikáček & Prokop & Michael & Caterino, 2024

Simon-Pražák, Jan, Yamamoto, Shûhei, Lackner, Tomáš, Fikáček, Martin, Prokop, Jakub & Caterino, Michael S, 2024, A bonanza of Cretaceous fossils provides insights into the evolution of antennal protection in clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (zlae 137) 202 (3), pp. 1-28 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae137
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9059AA2-5086-46AD-85C6-DBDA56CA72E0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14424560
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BE-1704-817A-4CA7-FF4EFAE97948
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pseudacritus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Pseudacritus gen. nov.

Type species. Pseudacritus extinctus sp. nov..

Diagnosis: Small, round and dorsoventrally convex body. Head without frontal stria, convex eyes, labrum with a pair of prominent setae. Antennal club annulate. Antennal cavities present at the anteriormost hypomeral angle. Pronotal disc with an antescutellar stria. Tarsal formula 5-5-5.

Etymology: Generic name Pseudacritus (masculine) points out the striking resemblance to the recent genus Acritus .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Histeridae
SubFamily	Abraeinae

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