Scymninae
Scymninae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 170 described species in Scymninae.[1][2]
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Cryptolaemus montrouzieri With aphids
Larva of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri with wax secretions
Striped dwarf pine ladybird (Scymnus suturalis)
Genera
- Brachiacantha Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 (spurleg lady beetles)
- Clitostethus
- Cryptognatha Mulsant, 1850
- Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850
- Cryptolaemus Mulsant, 1853
- Decadiomus Chapin, 1933
- Didion Casey, 1899
- Diomus Mulsant, 1850
- Helesius Casey, 1899
- Hyperaspidius Crotch, 1873
- Hyperaspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837
- Nephaspis Casey, 1899
- Nephus Mulsant, 1846
- Pentilia Mulsant, 1850
- Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004
- Scymnobius Casey, 1899
- Scymnodes Blackburn, 1889
- Scymnus Kugelann, 1794
- Selvadius Casey, 1899 (amber lady beetles)
- Stethorus Weise, 1885 (spider mite destroyers)
- Thalassa Mulsant, 1850
- Zagloba Casey, 1899 (scalehunter lady beetles)
- Zilus Mulsant, 1850 (velvethead lady beetles)
References
- "Scymninae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Scymninae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico", Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
- Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1-912.
- Kuznetsov, Victor N. (1997). "Lady Beetles of the Russian Far East". Center for Systematic Entomology, Memoir No. 1, xii + 248.
- Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2, 779-1006.
- Vandenberg, Natalia J. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807". American Beetles, vol. 2; Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 371-389.
Further reading
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Scymninae
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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