Acanthonycha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Genus: Acanthonycha
Species: A. adriana – A. arbusticola – A. championi – A. cora – A. elegantula – A. guanabara – A. hylophila – A. jacobyi – A. paranana – A. quadrituberculata – A. roseocarminea – A. semifulva – A. stali – A. zuliensis
Name

Acanthonycha Jacoby, 1891: 278

Type species: Pelonia elegantula Jacoby, 1879, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Jacoby, M. 1880–1892. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VI. Part 1, Supplement. Phytophaga (part). London: Dulau & Co. ii + 374 pp., 43 pl. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bechyné, J. 1973. Notes additionelles sur le genre Acanthonycha (Col. Phytophaga, Alticidae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 42(3): 29–34. DOI: 10.3406/linly.1973.10048 Open access. Reference page.
Furth, D.G. & Savini, V.P. 1996. Checklist of the Alticinae of Central America, including Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi 10(1–4): 45–68. PDF. Reference page.

Links

Acanthonycha. Chrysomelidae @ MIZA.