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Spine-headed Bugs
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Spine-headed Bugs

Acanthocephala

Acanthocephala is a New World genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae. 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.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Metapodiessa

subgenusMetapodiessa

Pronoptera

subgenusPronoptera

Contrastata

subgenusContrastata

Acanthocephala

subgenusAcanthocephala

Spinipedia

subgenusSpinipedia

Acanthocephala fulvitarsa

speciesAcanthocephala fulvitarsa

Acanthocephala hamata

speciesAcanthocephala hamata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61446.