''Acrocyum'' is a genus of
flea beetle
The flea beetle is any small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae) that is part of the tribe (biology), tribe Alticini, which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own ...
s in the family
Chrysomelidae
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
. There are six described species in ''Acrocyum'', which are distributed in North and Central America, including the West Indies. The genus is included in the ''
Blepharida''-group of genera.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
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
Alticini
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Martin Jacoby
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Beetles of North America
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