Genus Acanthuchus Stål
Acanthuchus spp
Acanthuchus Stål 1866a:
87; Day 1999: 644
Type species: Acanthucus [sic.]
gracilispinus Stål 1866, designated by Stål 1866b:
386
Known species: Seven described species are known
Distribution: all states of Australia with A. trispinifer introduced into NZ.
Comments: The species of this genus are
recognisable by the presence of an anterior vertical process on the median
longitudinal process of the pronotum. This varies quite considerably in
prominence, as illustrated in the two images here, although how much of
this variation is of taxonomic significance has not been tested.
Day (1999)
recorded a range of plant species on which various Acanthuchus have
been collected but noted that their main preference was for Acacia
(Fabaceae).