Acrocyum

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

Last updated September 13, 2025

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

↑ "Acrocyum Jacoby, 1885". www.zin.ru. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
↑ Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2008). "Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography" . Zootaxa . 1831 (1): 1–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1831.1.1.
1 2 Furth, D.G. (1992). "The New World Blepharida group, with a key to genera and description of a new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 100 (2): 399–414.
↑ Mignot, E.C. (1970). "A lectotype designation and a key to the species of Acrocyum (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Alticinae)". Entomological News . 81: 195–196.
↑ 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.

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[1] "Acrocyum Jacoby, 1885". www.zin.ru. Retrieved 2022-11-23.

[2] Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2008). "Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography" . Zootaxa . 1831 (1): 1–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1831.1.1.

[Furth1992-3] 1 2 Furth, D.G. (1992). "The New World Blepharida group, with a key to genera and description of a new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 100 (2): 399–414.

[4] Mignot, E.C. (1970). "A lectotype designation and a key to the species of Acrocyum (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Alticinae)". Entomological News . 81: 195–196.

[5] 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.

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