''Acanthogethes'' is a genus of
pollen beetle
Pollen beetle is an informal term for any species of beetle associated intimately with suitably pollen-rich species of flowers. Typically such a beetle is adapted to the pollen as a major part of its diet. Species in at least sixteen families of th ...
s in the family
Nitidulidae
The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles.
They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matt ...
. There are about five described species in ''Acanthogethes''.
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Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Acanthogethes'':
* '' Acanthogethes brevis'' Sturm, 1845
* '' Acanthogethes fuscus'' (Olivier, 1790)
* '' Acanthogethes hercules'' (Audisio, 1986)
* '' Acanthogethes lamii'' (Rosenhauer, 1856)
* '' Acanthogethes reyi'' (Guillebeau, 1885)
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Nitidulidae
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