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Genus Acanthoscelides

Acanthoscelides flavescens (Fahraeus) - Acanthoscelides flavescens Bruchid from the Huachucas - Acanthoscelides Bruchinae on Canada Milkvetch - Acanthoscelides perforatus Bruchinae, lateral - Acanthoscelides seminulum Tiny bruchine beetle? - Acanthoscelides margaretae Riparian Acanthoscelides visiting Solidago gigantea - Acanthoscelides fraterculus - female Riparian Acanthoscelides visiting Solidago gigantea - Acanthoscelides fraterculus - female Bruchinae, on Congdon's milkvetch - 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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 November, 2006 - 5:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 October, 2013 - 1:20pm

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