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Genus Acanthoscelides

Acanthoscelides flavescens (Fahraeus) - Acanthoscelides flavescens Acanthoscelides pectoralis (Horn) - Acanthoscelides pectoralis Bruchinae,  - Acanthoscelides Riparian Acanthoscelides visiting Solidago gigantea - Acanthoscelides fraterculus - female Riparian Acanthoscelides visiting Solidago gigantea - Acanthoscelides fraterculus - female Bruchinae, on Congdon's milkvetch - Acanthoscelides Beetle ~2mm - Acanthoscelides Bean Weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus)? - 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.