Clitostethus

Clitostethus
Clitostethus arcuatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Scymninae
Genus:
Weise, 1885
Synonyms
  • Nephaspis Casey, 1899
  • Nephasis Korschefsky, 1931 (misspell.)

Clitostethus is a genus of dusky lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae, including over 40 species, many of which were formerly placed under the genus name Nephaspis.

Selected species

  • Clitostethus acutisiphonicus Peng, Ren & Pang 1998 [1]
  • Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi, 1794) [1]
  • Clitostethus bawanglingensis Peng, Ren & Pang 1998 [1]
  • Clitostethus bicolor (Gordon, 1982)
  • Clitostethus brachylobus Peng, Ren & Pang 1998[1]
  • Clitostethus cocois (Gordon, 1972)
  • Clitostethus convexus (Nunenmacher, 1937)
  • Clitostethus dispar Sicard, 1929
  • Clitostethus gorhami (Casey, 1899)
  • Clitostethus indus (Gordon, 1996)
  • Clitostethus oculatus (Blatchley, 1917) (eyed lady)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Yu, Guoyue; Montgomery, Michael E.; Yao, Defu (2000). "Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Chinese Hemlocks Infested with the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 54 (2). The Coleopterists Society: 154–199. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 4009532. Retrieved 15 June 2024.