Acolaspoides

Acolaspoides; Temporal range: Ypresian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Endocephalini
Genus:	†Acolaspoides; Moseyko et al, 2010[1]
Species:	†A. longipes
Binomial name
	Acolaspoides longipes; Moseyko et al, 2010[1]

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

1 2 3 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] 1 2 3 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.