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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 » Acanthocephala declivis

Species Acanthocephala declivis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · 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 declivis (Acanthocephala declivis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Rhinuchus declivis Say, 1832
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
Humeral angles of pronotum broadly expanded, extending laterally well beyond maximum lateral abdominal margin. Metatibial flange broad until apex, then curving in at right angles to tibial shaft. Anterior pronotal lobe with 2 small shining blunt tubercles along midline.
Range
AZ-FL-NC-MO / south to Guat. / Gr. Anti. (1)
Remarks
Type series: GA, LA
Internet References
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 15 November, 2005 - 9:47am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, drswanny, v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2012 - 5:53pm

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