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Species Scymnus ardelio

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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)

Genus Scymnus

Species ardelio (Scymnus ardelio)

Explanation of Names

Scymnus ardelio Horn, 1895

Perhaps from Latin ardelio- "zealous person, busybody", but it's also a personal name, so the name may be in honor of someone.

Identification

limited red on the lateral edge of the pronotum per the type spmn, see also frontal head shot of type

For detailed description, and discussion see Gordon (1976) (1)

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Range

mostly sw. US (c.CA to w.TX) w scattered records up to WA & SD - Map (2)

See Also

Scymnus (Pullus) horni Gorham, 1897 - much more extensive lateral pronotal red

- Range: common across sw US

Dets. R. Gordon

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1895. Studies in Coccinellidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22: 81-114. PDF

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.

2.	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 Devin Carroll on 15 October, 2007 - 10:48pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 February, 2024 - 4:28pm

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