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Genus Acanthoscelides

Beetles on Crocanthemum flower - Acanthoscelides calvus Bruchinae on Indigo Bush, herbivory  - Acanthoscelides submuticus Black Bruchinae - Acanthoscelides calvus Bruchinae, in False Indigo seeds - Acanthoscelides submuticus 90635c09 bruchini - Acanthoscelides bean weevil - Acanthoscelides bean weevil - Acanthoscelides atomus Bruchinae, seeds of Wild Lycorice, pupa - Acanthoscelides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Bruchini
Subtribe Acanthoscelidina
Genus Acanthoscelides
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
a somewhat loosely defined, very large, difficult group [might be congeneric with Merobruchus(1)]
Explanation of Names
Acanthoscelides Schilsky 1905
'spiny thighs'
Numbers
~55 spp. in our area(2) (ca. 300 in the New World)
Size
our spp. 1.1–3.5 mm(1)
Range
Across the continent(2); the vast majority of spp. seems to be confined to the New World
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.