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Acanthocera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Tabanidae.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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Acanthocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Diachlorini
Genus:	Acanthocera Macquart, 1834^[1]
Type species
Tabanus longicornis Fabricius, 1775^[2]
Synonyms
Algemaria Gistel, 1848^[3] Spheciogaster Enderlein, 1922^[4]

The species of this genus are found in South America.

Species

Acanthocera anacantha Lutz & Neiva, 1915^[8]
Acanthocera aureoscutellata Henriques & Rafael, 1992^[9]
Acanthocera bequaerti (Fairchild, 1964)^[10]
Acanthocera bicincta Henriques & Rafael, 1992^[9]
Acanthocera coarctata (Wiedemann, 1828)^[11]
Acanthocera distincta Henriques & Rafael, 1995^[12]
Acanthocera exstincta (Wiedemann, 1828)^[11]
Acanthocera fairchildi Henriques & Rafael, 1992^[9]
Acanthocera gorayebi Henriques & Rafael, 1992^[9]
Acanthocera inopinatus (Fairchild, 1972)^[13]
Acanthocera intermedia Lutz, 1915^[8]
Acanthocera kroberi Fairchild, 1939^[14]
Acanthocera longicornis (Fabricius, 1775)^[2]
Acanthocera lutzi (Enderlein, 1922)^[4]
Acanthocera marginalis Walker, 1854^[15]
Acanthocera polistiformis Fairchild, 1961^[16]
Acanthocera quinquecincta Lutz, 1915^[8]
Acanthocera vespiformis Burger, 2002^[17]

References

[1]
Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.
[2]
Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
[3]
Gistel, J.N.F.X. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs fur hohere Schulen. Stuttgart: R. Hoffmann. pp. xvi + 216 + [4] pp. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
[4]
Enderlein, G. (1922). "Ein neues Tabanidensystem". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 10: 333–351. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
[5]
Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
[6]
Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.
[7]
Fairchild, G.B.; Burger, J.F. (1994). "A catalog of the Tabanidae (Diptera) of the Americas south of the United States". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 55: vii + 249.
[8]
Lutz, A. (1915). "Tabanidas do Brasil e alguns estados vizinhos". Segunda Memória, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 7 (1): 51–119. doi:10.1590/S0074-02761915000100003.
[9]
Henriques, Augusto Loureiro; Rafael, J.A. (1992). "Notes on the Neotropical genus Acanthocera Macquart (Diptera Tabanidae) with description of four new species". Go Eldiana Zoologia. 13: 1–13. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
[10]
Fairchild, G.B. (1964). "A new genus and species of Neotropical horselfy (Diptera: Tabanidae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 70 (1963): 193–196. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
[11]
Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1828). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz. pp. xxxii + 608 pp., 7 pls.
[12]
Henriques, Augusto Loureiro; Rafael, José A (1995). "Revisao do genero Neotropical Acanthocera Macquart (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Acta Amazonica. 23 (4): 403–440. doi:10.1590/1809-43921993234440. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
[13]
Fairchild, G.B. (1972). "A new species of Querbetia (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Peru". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 79 (3): 213–214. doi:10.1155/1972/90764. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
[14]
Fairchild, G.B. (1939). "Notes on the genus Acanthocera Macquart (Dipt. Tabanidae)". Revista de Entomologica. 10: 14–27.
[15]
Walker, F. (1854). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. [=Supplement I]. London: British Museum. pp. 1–330.
[16]
Fairchild, G.B. (1961). "Insecta Amapaensis - Diptera, Tabanidae" (PDF). Studia Entomologica. 4: 433–448. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
[17]
Burger, J.F. (2002). "Description of five new species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from Costa Rica and revised keys to species for the genera Fidena Walker, Scione Walker, and Chrysops Meigen in Costa Rica". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (4): 928–940.

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