Acoma is a genus of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 35 described species in the genus Acoma. The species of Acoma are largely allopatric.
ITIS Taxonomic note: Beetle genus Acoma Casey, 1889 is a senior homonym of nematode genus Acoma Steiner, 1920.
Description Acoma have reduced mandibles. Their elytra are shaped like elongated ovals with the widest part being at the middle.
Female Acoma are all presumed to be flightless.
Distribution Acoma are found in the warm Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts, and thorn-scrub habitats from western Texas to California in the USA, and Chihuahua, Sonora, and the entire length of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.
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