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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Thalassa

Genus Thalassa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Montezuma Lady Beetle - Thalassa montezumae - female Large Ladybird Beetle - Thalassa montezumae - male Chilocorus? - Thalassa montezumae Thalassa montezumae Mulsant - Thalassa montezumae Which Twice Stabbed? - Thalassa montezumae Mt Lemmon lady beetle - Thalassa montezumae Mt Lemmon lady beetle - Thalassa montezumae Mt Lemmon lady beetle - Thalassa montezumae
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
Tribe Hyperaspidini
Genus Thalassa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1850 by Étienne Mulsant
Explanation of Names
Author: Mulsant, 1850

Thalassa (Θαλασσα) is Greek for "Sea". Mulsant said it was a "nom mythologique" ("mythological name"), so he must have been referring to the sea goddess Thalassa
Numbers
5 species, with 1 in North America
Identification
All species are dark with a metallic sheen, often blue or green. Some have red, orange, or yellow spots.
Range
Southwestern U.S. to South America.
Remarks
Internet References
Species des coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes, p.511    Mulsant's original description of the genus (in French)
Contributed by Boris Büche on 11 April, 2007 - 4:26am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Abigail Parker
Last updated 7 October, 2019 - 11:33am

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