Acanista

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Acanista
Acanista Pascoe, 1864 Dorsal view 01.jpg
Dorsal view (specimen SICOF850-19, collected in West New Guinea)
Acanista Pascoe, 1864 Lateral view.jpg
Lateral view (specimen SICOF850-19, collected in West New Guinea)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Tribe: Acanthocinini
Genus: Acanista
Species:
A. alphoides
Binomial name
Acanista alphoides
Pascoe, 1864

Acanista is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing a single species, Acanista alphoides. It was first described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1864. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Genus Acanista Pascoe, 1864". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  2. Biolib.cz - tribus Acanthocinini. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  3. Pascoe, F.P. 1864. Longicornia Malayana; or a descriptive catalogue of the species of the three longicorn families Lamiidae, Cerambycidae and Prionidae, collected by Mr. A.R. Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 3(1): 1-96 [10]