Acanthocephala (bug)
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| Acanthocephala terminalis | |
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| Genus: | Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833[1]
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Acanthocephala is a New World genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae.[1] The name is derived from the Greek akanth- meaning "thorn/spine" + kephale meaning "head" This name is in reference to the spine on the front of the head.
Species[]
The known species of Acanthocephala are:[2]
- (Walker, 1871)
- (Burmeister, 1835)
- (Westwood, 1842)
- (Westwood, 1842)
- (Uhler, 1884)
- (Stål, 1855)
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841)
- (Uhler, 1871)
- (Westwood, 1842)
- (Lethierry & Severin, 1894)
- A. declivis (Say, 1832)
- (Westwood, 1842)
- A. femorata (Fabricius, 1775) - Florida leaf-footed bug
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- (Bergroth, 1924)
- (Brailovsky, 2006)
- A. latipes (Drury, 1782)
- (Mayr, 1865)
- (Montandon, 1895)
- (Dallas, 1852)
- (Montandon, 1895)
- (Costa, 1863)
- (Signoret, 1862)
- (Burmeister, 1835)
- A. terminalis (Dallas, 1852)
- A. thomasi (Uhler, 1872)
- (Westwood, 1842)
References[]
- ^ a b McPherson, J. E., Packauskas, R. J., Sites, R. W., Taylor, S. J., Bundy, C. S., Bradshaw, J. D., Mitchell, P. L. (2011) Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of America north of Mexico with a key to species. Zootaxa 2835: 30–40. The full text.
- ^ "genus Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833". Coreoidea Species File Online. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
Further reading[]
- Yonke (15 May 1969). "Description of Immature Stages of Coreidae II Acanthocephala-terminalis". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 62 (3): 474–476. doi:10.1093/aesa/62.3.474.
External links[]
Media related to Acanthocephala at Wikimedia Commons
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