Type Species:Canthecona grandis
Dallas, 1851, by monotypy.
Taxonomic Placement: Is a member of
the Subfamily Asopinae.
Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (photo courtesy of larvalbug)
Included Species: grandis (Dallas, 1851) phymatophora (Palisot de Beauvois, 1811)
Key to Species
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Humeral angles produced anterolaterad; each paramere somewhat quadrate
with the apex broadly rounded to truncate (North America, Central
America, West Indies, and South America)
grandis (Dallas)
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Humeral angles produced laterad, not at all forward; each paramere
triangular in shape, apex narrowly rounded (Caribbean Islands)