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

Genus Nephus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited

Nephus flavifrons (Melsheimer) - Nephus flavifrons

Nephus alyssae Golia and Golia - Nephus alyssae - female

Nephus (Scymnobius) guttulatus (LeConte) - Nephus guttulatus

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 Nephus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1846 by Étienne Mulsant as a subgenus of Scymnus

Explanation of Names

Probably from Greek nephos (νεφος), "cloud," possibly referring to the cloudy spots on some species.

Numbers

14 spp. in 5 subgenera north of Mexico(1)

Subgenus Nephus

Nephus ornatus (LeConte, 1850)

Subgenus Sidis

Nephus binaevatus (Mulsant, 1850)

Subgenus Turboscymnus

Nephus georgei (Weise, 1929)

Subgenus Scymnobius

Nephus atramentarius (Boheman, 1859)

Nephus bivulnerus (Horn, 1895)

Nephus flavifrons (Melsheimer, 1847)

Nephus gordoni (Dozier, 1971)

Nephus guttulatus (LeConte, 1852)

Nephus intrusus (Horn, 1895)

Nephus quadrarius (Casey, 1924)

Nephus sordidus (Horn, 1895)

Nephus timberlakei Gordon, 1985

Nephus wickhami Gordon, 1976

Subgenus Depressoscymnus

Nephus schwarzi Gordon, 1976

Internet References

Histoire naturelle des Coleopteres de France: Sulcicolles-Securipalpes (1846), p.237 Mulsant's original description of the genus (in French)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 September, 2009 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 15 May, 2012 - 9:00am

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