Biology:Acrocyum

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Acrocyum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Acrocyum
Jacoby, 1885
Type species
Acrocyum dorsale
Jacoby, 1885

Acrocyum is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are six described species in Acrocyum, which are distributed in North and Central America, including the West Indies.[1][2] The genus is included in the Blepharida-group of genera.[3]

Species

The genus includes the following species:[4][3][5]

  • Acrocyum dorsale Jacoby, 1885 – Mexico
  • Acrocyum haitiense (Blake, 1938) – Hispaniola
  • Acrocyum interpositum (Bechyné & Bechyné, 1963) – El Salvador
  • Acrocyum maculicolle Jacoby, 1885 – Mexico
  • Acrocyum sallaei Jacoby, 1885 – Mexico, southern Arizona?
  • Acrocyum tarsatum Jacoby, 1885 – Guatemala

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18116210 entry