Acanthocephalini

Acanthocephalini is a tribe of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are at least 100 described species in Acanthocephalini found in the Americas.

Acanthocephalini
Acanthocephala alata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Coreidae
Subfamily:	Coreinae
Tribe:	Acanthocephalini Stål, 1870

Acanthocephala thomasi

Genera

These 15 genera belong to the tribe Acanthocephalini:

• Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833 ^{i c g b}
• Cervantistellus Brailovsky and Barrera, 2005 ^{i c g}
• Cleotopetalops Brailovsky, 2000 ^{i c g}
• Ctenomelynthus Breddin, 1903 ^{i c g}
• Empedocles Stål, 1867 ^{i c g}
• Ichilocoris Brailovsky and Barrera, 2001 ^{i c g}
• Laminiceps Costa, 1863 ^{i c g}
• Leptopetalops Breddin, 1901 ^{i c g}
• Lucullia Stål, 1865 ^{i c g}
• Meluchopetalops Breddin, 1903 ^{i c g}
• Petalops Amyot and Serville, 1843 ^{i c g}
• Placophyllopus Blöte, 1938 ^{i c g}
• Salapia Stål, 1865 ^{i c g}
• Stenometapodus Breddin, 1903 ^{i c g}
• Thymetus Stål, 1867 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
• Baranowski, R.M.; Slater, J.A. (October 1986). Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 12. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
• Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island" (PDF). ZooKeys (22): 267–283. Bibcode:2009ZooK...22..267M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.

External links

• Media related to Acanthocephalini at Wikimedia Commons