Belongs within: Chrysomeloidea.
Acanthoscelides is a genus of bean weevils native to the New World, though some species have been spread elsewhere in the world, with most species feeding on legumes.
<==Acanthoscelides SJ73
|–+–A. compressicornis SJ73
| `–+–A. chiricahuae SJ73
| `–+–A. mexicanus SJ73
| `–+–A. bisignatus SJ73
| `–A. obrienorum SJ73
`–+–A. obtectus (Say 1831) SJ73, B14
`–+–A. subaequalis SJ73
`–+–A. prosopoides SJ73
`–+–+–+–A. lobatus SJ73
| | `–A. perforatus SJ73
| `–+–+–A. mixtus SJ73
| | `–+–A. margaretae SJ73
| | `–A. pullus SJ73
| `–+–+–A. oregonensis SJ73
| | `–A. seminulum SJ73
| `–+–+–A. aureolus SJ73
| | `–A. collusus SJ73
| `–+–A. daleae SJ73
| `–A. fraterculus SJ73
`–+–+–A. fumatus SJ73
| `–+–A. griseolus SJ73
| `–A. rufovittatus SJ73
`–+–+–A. pulloides SJ73
| `–+–A. biustulus SJ73
| `–A. pugiunculus SJ73
`–+–A. submuticus SJ73
`–+–A. inquisitus SJ73
`–+–A. napensis SJ73
`–A. pauperculus SJ73
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).
[SJ73] Slobodchikoff, C. W., & C. D. Johnson. 1973. A phenetic and a phylogenetic approach to the classification of a genus of seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Systematic Zoology 22 (3): 280–294.