Genus Exochomus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Lady Beetle - Exochomus marginipennis - female

Batman Lady Beetle? - Exochomus fasciatus

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 Chilocorinae

Genus Exochomus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Species quadripustulatus moved to genus Brumus (Kovar, 1995). See Brumus quadripustulatus.

Explanation of Names

ExochomusRedtenbacher, 1843

Numbers

Nine Nearctic spp., 2 of which have been introduced as biocontrol agents. (Gordon's(1) list of 10 species, with 3 introduced, includes quadripustulatus, now in genus Brumus.)

Size

2.2 – 4.8mm

Identification

(from Gordon’s key to Chilocorinae)

Postcoxal line on first abdominal sternum not merging with posterior margin of sternum, recurved apically, and complete. Tarsal claw with basal tooth.

Range

Southeastern US, Texas west to California, and north to Oregon and Washington

Food

Aphids and scales - see Gordon (1) for specifics

Remarks

Note: Some information for this page provided by BugGuide contributor Tim R. Moyer.

Print References

Gordon, 1985, especially pp. 621-641, figures 510-524.

Kovar, I. 1995. Revision of the genera Brumus Muls. and Exochomus Redt. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Palaearctic Region. Part-1. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 44: 5-124.

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.

Contributed by Devin Carroll on 27 August, 2006 - 10:41pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 30 December, 2023 - 2:52pm

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