Acalymma
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| Acalymma | |
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| Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Diabroticina |
| Genus: | Acalymma Barber, 1947 |
| Type species | |
| Acalymma gouldi Barber, 1947 | |
Acalymma is a genus of leaf beetles found mainly in the New World. Approximately 72 species have been described in the Western Hemisphere.[1]
