Acromis

{{Short description|Genus of tortoise beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Flickr - ggallice - Tortoise beetle (2).jpg | image_caption = ''Acromis sparsa'' | taxon = Acromis | authority = Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 | display_parents = 2 | type_species = ''Cassida spinifex'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1763<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Yves|last1=Bousquet|first2=Patrice|last2=Bouchard|year=2013 |title=The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection|journal=ZooKeys|issue=282|pages=1–219|doi=10.3897/zookeys.282.4401|pmc=3677338|pmid=23794836|doi-access=free|bibcode=2013ZooK..282....1B }}</ref> }}

'''''Acromis''''' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Acromis Chevrolat, 1836 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4763258 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The three known species of this genus are found in Southern America.<ref name="GBIF" /> These species exhibit subsocial behavior, where the females lay clusters of eggs that she guards until they hatch, the larvae mature, pupate, and young adults disperse.<ref>Chaboo, C.S. 2001. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus ''Acromis'' Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55(1): 75–102.</ref>

Species:<ref name="GBIF" />

*''Acromis sparsa'' {{small|(Boheman, 1854)}} *''Acromis spinifex'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1763)}} *''Acromis venosa'' {{small|Erichson, 1847}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Cassidinae Category:Acromis Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat