Acanthocera

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

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]