Acolaspoides

Acolaspoides; Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Eumolpini
Genus:	†Acolaspoides; Moseyko et al, 2010
Species:	†A. longipes
Binomial name
	†Acolaspoides longipes; Moseyko et al, 2010

Acolaspoides is an extinct genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Acolaspoides longipes. It is known from lowermost Eocene amber from France.

The generic name is a combination of the negative prefix "a" and the generic name Colaspoides. The specific name is a combination of the Latin words longus (long) and pes (foot).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Moseyko, Alexey G.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Nel, Andre (2010). "New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (nouvelle série). 46 (1–2): 116–123. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645.

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[Moseyko2010-1] Moseyko, Alexey G.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Nel, Andre (2010). "New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (nouvelle série). 46 (1–2): 116–123. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645.

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