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

Subfamily Scymninae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Brachiacantha stephani Gordon - Brachiacantha stephani

Coccinellidae sp - Hyperaspis trifurcata

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

Explanation of Names

Scymninae Mulsant, 1846

Numbers

8 tribes with 18 genera in NA(1):

Tribe Scymnillini Casey, 1899

Genus Zilus Mulsant, 1850

Genus Zagloba Casey, 1899

Tribe Stethorini Dobzhansky, 1924

Genus Stethorus Weiss, 1885

Tribe Scymnini Mulsant, 1846

Genus Nephaspis Casey, 1899

Genus Cryptolaemus Mulsant, 1853

Genus Didion Casey, 1899

Genus Scymnus Kugelann, 1794

Genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004

Genus Nephus Mulsant, 1846

Genus Scymnobius Casey, 1899

Tribe Diomini Gordon, 1899

Genus Diomus Mulsant, 1850

Genus Decadiomus Chapin, 1933

Tribe Selvadiini Gordon, 1985

Genus Selvadius Casey, 1899

Tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant, 1846

Genus Blaisdelliana Gordon, 1970

Genus Helesius Casey, 1899

Genus Thalassa Mulsant, 1850

Genus Hyperaspis Redtenbacher, 1844

Genus Hyperaspidius Crotch, 1873

Tribe Brachiacanthini Mulsant, 1850

Genus Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837

Tribe Cryptognathini Mulsant, 1850

Genus Cryptognatha, Mulsant, 1850

Identification

Usually small, oval to oblong, strongly convex (dome-shaped)

Dorsal surface often pubescent (having short, fine hairs)

Scymnillini, Stethorini, Scymini, Diomini, and Selvadiini usually with dark, dull colors: black, brown, yellowish, reddish-brown

Hyperaspidini and Brachiacanthini usually brightly colored, with blue eyes

Larvae covered with white wax that may form long "hairy" tufts, resembling mealybugs or caterpillars

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 Abigail Parker on 4 October, 2009 - 6:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 July, 2016 - 6:22pm

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