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Spider Mite Destroyers (Stethorus)
Genus
Stethorus
- Spider Mite Destroyers
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Coccinelloidea
No Taxon
(Coccinellid group)
Family
Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily
Scymninae
Genus
Stethorus
(Spider Mite Destroyers)
Explanation of Names
Stethorus
Weise
1885
Numbers
5 spp. in our area
(
1
)
, ~50 total
Range
worldwide
Food
Spider mites
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
v belov
on 19 June, 2009 - 10:23am
Additional contributions by
Chuck Entz
,
Mike Quinn
,
James Bailey
Last updated 24 September, 2023 - 3:52pm