Six new species of Acanthocephala Laporte, 1833 (Coreidae, Acanthocephalini) are described: Acanthocephala distanti sp. n. (Panama), Acanthocephala gamboensis sp. n. (Panama), Acanthocephala latiantennata sp. n. (Mexico and United States), Acanthocephala maculata sp. n. (Mexico), Acanthocephala nig