title: Acanthocephalini
text: # Acanthocephalini
  
  Acanthocephalini is a tribe of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are at least 100 described species in Acanthocephalini found in the Americas.
  
  ## Genera
  
  These 15 genera belong to the tribe Acanthocephalini:
  
  * Acanthocephala Laporte, $1833^{icgb}$
  * Cervantistellus Brailovsky and Barrera, $2005^{icg}$
  * Cleotopetalops Brailovsky, $2000^{icg}$
  * Ctenomelynthus Breddin, $1903^{icg}$
  * Empedocles Stål, $1867^{icg}$
  * Ichilocoris Brailovsky and Barrera, $2001^{icg}$
  * Laminiceps Costa, $1863^{icg}$
  * Leptopetalops Breddin, $1901^{icg}$
  * Lucullia Stål, $1865^{icg}$
  * Meluchopetalops Breddin, $1903^{icg}$
  * Petalops Amyot and Serville, $1843^{icg}$
  * Placophyllopus Blöte, $1938^{icg}$
  * Salapia Stål, $1865^{icg}$
  * Stenometapodus Breddin, $1903^{icg}$
  * Thymetus Stål, $1867^{icg}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  