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Species Zilus horni

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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 Scymnillini
Genus Zilus
Species horni (Zilus horni)

Explanation of Names

Zilus horni Gordon 1985

Size

Length 1.4 to 1.6 mm (1)

Identification

Natalia Vandenberg:
"combination of pubescent head+pronotum and glabrous elytra is characteristic of Zilus."

Range

FL to MD, west to WI, plus disjunct LA records - Map (1)(2)

Life Cycle

many collected in LA on arborvitae, juniper, and cypress (Cypress Family - Cupressaceae) (2)

Remarks

Type Locality: Maryland, Piney Pt., Coll. Hubbard & Schwarz

See Also

similar to Z. aterrimus (Horn) although the distributions are disjunct, however, Zilus horni is entirely black dorsally, whereas Zilus aterrimus is reddish brown dorsally. (1)

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.
2.The Coccinellidae of Louisiana (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Chapin, J.B. 1974. Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 682: 2-87.
Contributed by v belov on 29 June, 2009 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, James Bailey, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 April, 2022 - 9:47am

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