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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 » Nephus intrusus

Species Nephus intrusus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Nephus intrusus (Horn) - Nephus intrusus Nephus intrusus, dorsal - Nephus intrusus Nephus intrusus (Horn) - Nephus intrusus Nephus intrusus (Horn) - Nephus intrusus Nephus intrusus (Horn) - Nephus intrusus
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
Species intrusus (Nephus intrusus)
Other Common Names
Eastern Nephus Lady Beelte
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nephus intrusus (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Scymnus intrusus Horn 1895
Size
1.5-2.0 mm (Horn, 1895)
Identification

Det. R. Gordon, 1977
Range
e. US (TX-FL-MA-SD) - Map - (1)(2), east of the Rockies
See Also
Nephus sordidus (Horn)
- Range: w. NA to w. TX (Trans-Pecos)
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2016
Print References
Gordon, R.D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: Key to Genera and Revision of Scymnus, Nephus, and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 28: 1-362.
Horn, G.H. 1895. Studies in Coccinellidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22: 81-114. (p.92)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by v belov on 13 December, 2009 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 23 November, 2024 - 3:52pm

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