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- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
genus
Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
![Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944: copyright Paul D. Brock. female Acanthoxyla prasina [type species], in nature on Rubus sp. New Zealand: Otaihanga, 12 February 2015. (Otu).](https://sfg.taxonworks.org/api/v1/images/1020081/scale_to_box/0/0/3264/4928/3264/4928?project_token=RijJjUChacO20MdXjGvfcA)
Type
Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859 type species by original designation of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
Nomenclature (51)
- Acanthoderus Hutton, 1899: 56. (nomen nudum; homonym)
type species by subsequent designation Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859 in Kirby, 1904
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904: 340. (nomen nudum; homonym)
type species by original designation Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859
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- Acanthoderus Hutton, 1899 (objective synonym of Macracantha Kirby, 1904) in Kirby, 1904: 340.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (nomen novum for Acanthoderus Hutton, 1899)
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 in Kirby, 1910: 197. Specimen or distribution
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 in Karny, 1923: 236.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 in Günther, 1932: 756.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944: 95.
type species by original designation Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 (nomen novum for Macracantha Kirby, 1904)
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Uvarov, 1944: 95.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Salmon, 1955: 1149.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Salmon, 1955: 1189.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Salmon, 1955: 78.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Salmon, 1970: 70.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 192.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 192.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Bedford, 1978: 130.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Sellick, 1979: 327. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Grimwade, 1982: 86. Specimen or distribution
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Sellick, 1987: 137, fig. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Salmon, 1991: 57.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Brock, 1991: 12.
- Acanthoderus Hutton, 1899 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Salmon, 1991: 57.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Salmon, 1991: 57.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Sellick, 1997: 118. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Brock, 1999: 77.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Harman, 2000: 17. Specimen or distribution
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Bragg, 2001: 628.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Bragg, 2001: 625.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 192.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Zompro, 2004: 304.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Zompro, 2004: 313.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 11.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2005: 2133.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 38.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Trewick, Goldberg & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 484.
- Acanthoderus Hutton, 1899 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 38.
- Macracantha Kirby, 1904 (objective synonym of Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 38.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 37.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Buckley, Attanayake, Park, Ravindran, Jewell & Normark, 2008: 335.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Trewick, Morgan-Richards & Collins, 2008: 799. Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Yeates & Buckley, 2009: 35.
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Myers, Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2012: 1. Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2014: 113. Specimen or distribution
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Dennis, Dunning, Sinclair & Buckley, 2015: 3. Behavior
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Brock, Lee, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2018: 16. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Brock, 2021: 120. Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 557. Specimen or distribution
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Choi, 2023: 16. Phylogeny or classification
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944 in Choi, McCartney, Park, Roberts, Brav-Cubitt, Mitchell & Buckley, 2024: 1. Phylogeny or classification
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Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| species | 3 | 0 | 27 | 30 | |