Acanthocephala (insect)
| Acanthocephala | |
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| Acanthocephala terminalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Coreidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833[1] |
| Species | |
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>25 species; see text | |
Acanthocephala is a New World genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae.[1] The name is derived from the Greek akanth- meaning "thorn/spine" + kephale meaning "head" This name is in reference to the spine on the front of the head.
Species
The known species of Acanthocephala are:[2]
- A. affinis (Walker, 1871)
- A. alata (Burmeister, 1835)
- A. angustipes (Westwood, 1842)
- A. apicalis (Westwood, 1842)
- A. arcuata (Uhler, 1884)
- A. bicoloripes (Stål, 1855)
- A. concolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841)
- A. confraterna (Uhler, 1871)
- A. consobrina (Westwood, 1842)
- A. dallasi (Lethierry & Severin, 1894)
- A. declivis (Say, 1832)
- A. equalis (Westwood, 1842)
- A. femorata (Fabricius, 1775) - Florida leaf-footed bug
- A. fulvitarsa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- A. hamata (Bergroth, 1924)
- A. heissi (Brailovsky, 2006)
- A. latipes (Drury, 1782)
- A. mercur (Mayr, 1865)
- A. ochracea (Montandon, 1895)
- A. parensis (Dallas, 1852)
- A. pittieri (Montandon, 1895)
- A. pleuritica (Costa, 1863)
- A. scutellata (Signoret, 1862)
- A. surata (Burmeister, 1835)
- A. terminalis (Dallas, 1852)
- A. thomasi (Uhler, 1872)
- A. unicolor (Westwood, 1842)
References
- 1 2 McPherson, J. E., Packauskas, R. J., Sites, R. W., Taylor, S. J., Bundy, C. S., Bradshaw, J. D., Mitchell, P. L. (2011) Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of America north of Mexico with a key to species. Zootaxa 2835: 30–40. The full text.
- ↑ "genus Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833". Coreoidea Species File Online. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
Further reading
- Yonke (15 May 1969). "Description of Immature Stages of Coreidae II Acanthocephala-terminalis". Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1969) 62 (3): 474-476. doi:10.1093/623474.
External links
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