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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Coreoidea » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Acanthocephala » Giant Agave Bug (Acanthocephala thomasi)

Species Acanthocephala thomasi - Giant Agave Bug

Classification · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Coreoidea
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Genus Acanthocephala
Species thomasi (Giant Agave Bug)
Identification
Apical segment of antennae bright orange, remaining segments dark; metatibial flange parallel-sided and extending the length of tibia; humeral angles relatively small (greatly expanded in A. declivis); this combination of 3 characters is diagnostic.
Males have greatly swollen hind femora bearing at least one large spike; females have slender hind femora bearing several small spikes.
Range
sw. US (TX-CA)(1)
Season
Spring and summer
Works Cited
1.Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of America north of Mexico with a key to species
By J.E. McPherson, R.J. Packauskas, R.W. Sites, S.J. Taylor, C.S. Bundy, J.D. Bradshaw, and P.L. Mitchell
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 May, 2005 - 4:05pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, drswanny, David Ferguson, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2011 - 9:51am

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