Genus Acrothyrea Kraatz, 1882

The genus was revised by Bourgoin (1921) and a revised list of the genera close to the Leucocelis Burmeister, 1842 and Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1842 was given by Antoine (1997). There are five accepted species in the genus Acrothyrea distributed in two subgenus, the nominal one and Acrothyrea (Cyclophorellus) Krikken, 1982 (Beinhundner 2017a) . One species was recorded for Angola (Harold 1879).