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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Spider Mite Destroyers (Stethorus) » Spider Mite Destroyer (Stethorus punctum)

Species Stethorus punctum - Spider Mite Destroyer

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Spider Mite Destroyer (Stethorus punctum picipes); - Stethorus punctum Beetle - Stethorus punctum Beetle - Stethorus punctum Beetle - Stethorus punctum Scymnus or Stethorus - Stethorus punctum Stethorus punctum picipes Casey - Stethorus punctum Beetle - Stethorus punctum Beetle - Stethorus punctum
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)
Species punctum (Spider Mite Destroyer)
Other Common Names
Black Mite Destroyer Ladybug
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stethorus punctum (LeConte)
Orig. Comb.: Scymnus punctum J.L. LeConte 1852
Range
ME to VA, west to n. Great Plains; west coast - Map (1)
Remarks
This is a native species. It is used a s biocontrol of plant-feeding mites
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1852. Remarks upon the Coccinellidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 129-145. (pg. 141)
Internet References
Cornell U.
Type - MCZ, Harvard (worked as of 3/2015)
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 4 December, 2009 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 24 September, 2016 - 12:16pm

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