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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Kolibac, Jiri
 | author_abbreviated = Kolibac, Jiri
 | year = 2013
 | title = Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 366
 | pages = 15 -- 16
 | doi = TODO
 | citationurl = http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.366.6172
 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.366.6172
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Coleoptera
 | Familia = Trogossitidae
 | Genus = Acalanthis
 | Specific name = 
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = genus
 | Taxon authority = Erichson, 1844
 | Taxon status = 
 | Nomenclature citation = {{Nomenclature citation| ''{{Taxon name|Acalanthis }}'' Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, ZooKeys 366: 15-16.}} 
 | Wikispecies page name = Acalanthis_
 | ZooBank ID = 
 | Pensoft Profile = Acalanthis_
}}

{{Section|class=description|heading = Description|content=Description.
Body size: 6.0-9.0 mm. Body shape elongate. Gular sutures narrow, subparallel at apex. Frontoclypeal suture absent. Frons: longitudinal groove or depression absent. Cranium ventrally: tufts of long setae at sides present. Submentum: ctenidium absent. Antennal groove present. Eyes: size moderate Eyes number: two. Epicranial acumination moderate. Lacinial hooks: two. Galea: shape sub-clavate. Galea: ciliate setae absent. Mediostipes-Lacinia partially fused. Palpifer: outer edge even. Mandibular apical teeth number: two, horizontally situated. Mola reduced but present. Penicillus (at base) present (fine, often membranous). Pubescence above mola or cutting edge present. Ventral furrow present. Basal notch moderate. Labrum-Cranium not fused. Epipharyngial sclerite present. Lateral tormal process: projection curved downwards, processes not connected ({{Taxon name|Airora|''Airora''}}). Ligula: ciliate setae absent. Ligula rigid, weakly retroflex, deeply emarginate. Hypopharyngeal sclerite H-shaped. Antenna 10-segmented, Antennal club asymmetrical, sensorial fields present. Front coxal cavities externally closed, internally open. Pronotum cordate. Prepectus absent. Middle coxal cavities closed. Elytra: long hairs present. Epipleuron moderate. Elytral interlocking mechanism present, carinae reduced. Elytral punctation regular, scales absent. Wing: radial cell triangular, wedge cell present, cross vein MP3-4 present, cross vein AA1+2-3+4 absent. Front tibiae: spines along side moderate. Hooked spur present. Claws: denticle absent. Parasternites number along ventrites III-VII: one. Spiculum gastrale absent. Tegmen composed of three parts. Coxitae undivided.
Larva: Frontal arms V-shaped. Epicranial stem reduced. Endocarina present. Antennal joints 1 and 2 elongate. Thoracic sclerites pattern (dorsally) 1-2-2. Tergite IX depressed. Urogomphi present, hooked; median process absent.}}

{{Section|class=distribution|heading = Distribution|content=Distribution.
Temperate forests of central Chile and Argentina (Arias et al. 2009).}}

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Kolibac, Jiri}}; 2013: Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''366''': 15-16. {{doi|TODO}}

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