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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Acanthocephalini

Tribe Acanthocephalini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Acanthocephala confraterna (tentative) - Acanthocephala terminalis Acanthocephala sp.? - Acanthocephala terminalis leaf footed bug - Acanthocephala terminalis Need an id for this please - Acanthocephala femorata Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus oppositus)? - Acanthocephala terminalis Giant Leaf-footed Bug Nymph - Dorsal Posterior - Acanthocephala declivis which Acanthocephala? - Acanthocephala terminalis different on the milkweed - Acanthocephala terminalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Acanthocephalini
Explanation of Names
Acanthocephalini Stål 1870
Numbers
4 spp. in one genus in our area(1), >100 spp. in 15 genera total(2)
Range
New World, mostly tropical(2)
Works Cited
1.Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of America north of Mexico with a key to species
McPherson J.E., Packauskas R.J., Sites R.W., Taylor S.J., Bundy C.S., Bradshaw J.D., Mitchell P.L. 2011. Zootaxa 2835: 30-40.
2.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 21 January, 2016 - 12:09pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 March, 2017 - 4:54pm

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