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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae

Subfamily Scymninae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
tiny round beetle - Diomus terminatus How many species have these two red spots? - Hyperaspis Ladybird Beetle - Brachiacantha dentipes A type of Asian Lady Beetle? - Brachiacantha ursina Hyperaspis disconotata? - Hyperaspis disconotata Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis - male Scymnini Scymnus apicanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Scymninae
Explanation of Names
Author: Mulsant, 1846
Numbers
8 tribes with 18 genera in North America, according to American Beetles(1)

Tribe Scymnillini Casey, 1899
Genus Zilus Mulsant, 1850
Genus Zagloba Casey, 1899
Tribe Stethorini Dobzhansky, 1924
Genus Stethorus Weiss, 1885
Tribe Scymnini Mulsant, 1846
Genus Nephaspis Casey, 1899
Genus Cryptolaemus Mulsant, 1853
Genus Didion Casey, 1899
Genus Scymnus Kugelann, 1794
Genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004
Genus Nephus Mulsant, 1846
Genus Scymnobius Casey, 1899
Tribe Diomini Gordon, 1899
Genus Diomus Mulsant, 1850
Genus Decadiomus Chapin, 1933
Tribe Selvadiini Gordon, 1985
Genus Selvadius Casey, 1899
Tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant, 1846
Genus Blaisdelliana Gordon, 1970
Genus Helesius Casey, 1899
Genus Thalassa Mulsant, 1850
Genus Hyperaspis Redtenbacher, 1844
Genus Hyperaspidius Crotch, 1873
Tribe Brachiacanthini Mulsant, 1850
Genus Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837
Tribe Cryptognathini Mulsant, 1850
Genus Cryptognatha, Mulsant, 1850
Identification
Usually small, oval to oblong, strongly convex (dome-shaped)
Dorsal surface often pubescent (having short, fine hairs)
Tribes Scymnillini, Stethorini, Scymini, Diomini, and Selvadiini usually with dark, dull colors: black, brown, yellowish, reddish-brown.
Tribes Hyperaspidini and Brachiacanthini usually brightly colored, with blue eyes.

Larvae: usually covered with white wax that may form long "hairy" tufts. Sometimes mistaken for mealybugs or hairy caterpillars.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Abigail M. Parker on 4 October, 2009 - 6:03pm
Last updated 9 October, 2009 - 12:28pm

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