New insights into the phylogeny and evolution of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by extensive sampling of genes and species.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107045
Abstract: Ladybirds (family Coccinellidae) are one of the most diverse groups of beetles and globally comprise over 6000 species. Despite their scientific and economic significance, the taxonomy of Coccinellidae remains unstable, and we still know little… read more here.
Keywords: insights phylogeny; lady beetles; new insights; coccinellidae ... See more keywords
Redescription of Afissa gibbera (Crotch, 1874) and Uniparodentata circummaculata (Pang amp; Mao, 1977) (Coccinellidae: Epilachnini) from India.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.6
Abstract: Two poorly known species of the tribe Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are redescribed and diagnosed from India: Afissa gibbera (Crotch) and Uniparodentata circummaculata (Pang Mao), supported with photographs of the male genitalia. Also, U. circummaculata is… read more here.
Keywords: afissa gibbera; coccinellidae; circummaculata pang; uniparodentata circummaculata ... See more keywords
A new species of Protoplotina Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Tamil Nadu, India.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.5
Abstract: Protoplotina ambigua sp. n. (Coccinellidae: Plotinini) from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is described and illustrated. This is the third species of the genus reported from India. Immature stages of the genus Protoplotina… read more here.
Keywords: species protoplotina; tamil nadu; protoplotina miyatake; new species ... See more keywords
New synonym of Nephus (Nephus) voeltzkowi Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with comments on the origin of a Neartic population and its possible asexual status.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.13
Abstract: Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), commonly known as ladybirds or ladybugs, are a highly diversified family comprising nearly 6000 described species (Vandenberg 2002) distributed in 2 subfamilies and 24 tribes (Seago et al. 2011). The genus Nephus Mulsant,… read more here.
Keywords: coleoptera; gordon 1976; nephus mulsant; coccinellidae ... See more keywords
Identity of the ‘true’ Micraspis discolor (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) with illustrated diagnostic notes on other Micraspis spp. in Indian paddy fields
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.2
Abstract: Micraspis discolor (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a widely studied complex of externally similar species, is known to be distributed in all the major rice growing countries of the Oriental region. It consists of disjunct populations… read more here.
Keywords: discolor fabricius; micraspis spp; discolor; coccinellidae ... See more keywords