Acanthocephalini is a
tribe
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of
leaf-footed bug
Coreidae is a large family (biology), family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug.
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s in the
family
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Coreidae
Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug.
As a family, the Coreidae a ...
. There are at least 100 described
species
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in Acanthocephalini found in the
Americas
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Genera
These 15 genera belong to the tribe Acanthocephalini:
* ''Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala (Greek , ', thorn + , ', head) is a phylum of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to p ...
'' Laporte, 1833 i c g b
* '' Cervantistellus'' Brailovsky and Barrera, 2005 i c g
* '' Cleotopetalops'' Brailovsky, 2000 i c g
* '' Ctenomelynthus'' Breddin, 1903 i c g
* ''Empedocles
Empedocles (; grc-gre, Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; , 444–443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the fo ...
'' Stål, 1867 i c g
* '' Ichilocoris'' Brailovsky and Barrera, 2001 i c g
* '' Laminiceps'' Costa, 1863 i c g
* '' Leptopetalops'' Breddin, 1901 i c g
* '' Lucullia'' Stål, 1865 i c g
* '' Meluchopetalops'' Breddin, 1903 i c g
* '' Petalops'' Amyot and Serville, 1843 i c g
* '' Placophyllopus'' Blöte, 1938 i c g
* ''Salapia
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'' Stål, 1865 i c g
* '' Stenometapodus'' Breddin, 1903 i c g
* '' Thymetus'' Stål, 1867 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Coreinae
Hemiptera tribes
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