Genus Acanthocephala Laporte

1826 Rhinuchus Kirby, Junior synonymy.

1833 Acanthocephala Laporte, 29. Type species: Lygaeus compressipes Fabricius 1794, a junior synomyn of Acanthocepha latipes Drury, 1782 . By monotypy.

1842 Metapodius Westwood, 4, 14. Junior synonymy.

1843 Metapodus Amyot and Serville, 192. Name misspelled.

1870 Acanthocephala (Spilopleura) Stål, 150. Type species: Metapodius parensis Dallas, 1852a . By monotypy.

1902a Acanthocephala (Metapodiessa) Kirkaldy, 137. Junior synonymy.

Acanthocephala latipes (Drury)

1782 Cimex latipes Drury, 63 [new species: Mediterraneo].

1878b Acanthocephala (Acanthocephala) latipes: Berg, 86 [Argentina: Misiones: Río Piray] — Pennington 1920, 12 [Argentina: Misiones] — Pennington 1922a, 126 [Argentina: Misiones] .

1981 Acanthocephala latipes: Quintanilla et al., 147 [Argentina: Misiones: Dep. Cainguás, Dep. San Ignacio]— Di Iorio 2004, 236 [Argentina: Misiones]— Packauskas 2010, 18 [Argentina].

Acanthocephala surata (Burmeister)

1835 Diactor surata Burmeister, 334 [new species: Brazil].

1878b Acanthocephala (Metapodius) surata: Berg, 86 [Argentina: Gran Chaco].

1920 Acanthocephala (Metapodiessa) surata: Pennington, 12 [Argentina: Gran Chaco; Misiones] — Pennington 1922a, 127 [Argentina: Chaco; Misiones] .

2010 Acanthocephala surata: Packauskas, 19 [Argentina].