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Species Egius platycephalus

Egius platycephalus Mulsant - Egius platycephalus

Yellow-crested Aegis - Egius platycephalus

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 Egius

Species platycephalus (Egius platycephalus)

Explanation of Names

Egius platycephalus Mulsant 1850

Size

4 mm (BG data)

Range

s. FL, introduced

native to the Caribbean, recently found in so. FL (1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: FL 2013 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) recently immigrant to Florida Thomas M.C., Blanchard O.J. 2013. Florida Dept. Agric. & Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry, Entomology Circular Number 428. 5 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 11 June, 2013 - 10:46am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, James Bailey, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 April, 2022 - 9:31am

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