Acanthaclisis Rambur, 1842

Diagnosis. Anterior margin of the clypeo-labrum with a median cuneiform process; mandibles swollen basally, equipped with 3 teeth of which the median tooth is slightly longer than the others; ventral portion of the head capsule with sparse setae; pronotum thickly covered by stout setae; thorax with sessile setiferous processes; VIII sternite with digging setae; IX sternite with digging setae.

Examined species. A. occitanica (Villers, 1789) .

Comments. Acanthaclisis is a Palaearctic genus including 7 species. The larvae have been exclusively described for A. occitanica and A. pallida (McLachlan, 1887) (Brauer 1855b; Luppova 1969; Steffan 1975; Krivokathsky 2011).