Acromis

Last updated

Acromis
Flickr - ggallice - Tortoise beetle (2).jpg
Acromis sparsa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Mesomphaliini
Genus: Acromis
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Type species
Cassida spinifex
Linnaeus, 1763 [1]

Acromis is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. [2] The three known species of this genus are found in Southern America. [2] These species exhibit subsocial behavior, where the females lay clusters of eggs that she guards until they hatch, the larvae mature, pupate, and young adults disperse. [3]

Species: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. Bibcode:2013ZooK..282....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.282.4401 . PMC   3677338 . PMID   23794836.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acromis Chevrolat, 1836". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Chaboo, C.S. 2001. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Acromis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55(1): 75–102.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.