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Scymnus frontalis

Scymnus frontalis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Coccidulini
Genus: Scymnus
Species: Scymnus frontalis
Name

Scymnus frontalis (Fabricius, 1787)

Original combination: Coccinella frontalis Fabricius, 1787: 60
Type locality:

Synonyms

(listed by Fürsch, 1967)

Coccinella humeralis Panzer, 1795: 149.
Scymnus bimaculatus Thunberg, 1795: 105.
Scymnus didymus Herbst, 1797: 341.
Scymnus flavilabris Paykull, 1798: 148.
Scymnus affinis Redtenbacher, 1843: 19.
Scymnus quadrivulneratus Mulsant, 1850: 970.

References
Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Panzer, G.F.W. 1795. Deutschlands Insectenfaune, oder, Entomologisches Taschenbuch für das Iahr 1795. Felseckerschen Buchhandlung, Nurnberg; 372pp. BHL Reference page.
Thunberg, C.P. 1795. Dissertatio Entomologica sistens Insecta Svecica, IX. Upsala. 105–113pp. Google booksOpen access Reference page.
Herbst, J.F.W. 1797. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer siebenter Theil. Pauli, Berlin, xi + 346 pp., pl. XCVI–CXVI. BHL Reference page.
Paykull, G. 1798. Anmärkningar vid Genus Coccinella, och beskrifning öfver de Svänska arter deraf som äro med fina hår beftrödde. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar (2) 19(2): 144–156. BHL Reference page.
Redtenbacher, L. 1843. Tentamen Dispositionis Generum et Specierum Coleopterorum Pseudotrimerorum Archiducatus Austriae. Dissertatio inauguralis. Caroli Ueberreuter, Vindobanae, 32 pp. [issued again in 1844 in Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 5: 113–132.] BHL Reference page.
Mulsant, E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d’Agriculture et d’Industrie, Lyon (2) 2: 1–1104. BHL Reference page.
Fürsch, H., Kreissl, E. & Capra, F. 1967. Revision einiger europäischer Scymnus (s.str.)-Arten (Col., Coccinellidae). Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Zoologie und Botanik an Landesmuseum "Joanneum" in Graz 28: 207-259. Full text PDF Reference page.

Scymnus frontalis is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in southern Britain.[1][2][3]

They feed on aphids and live in low growing vegetation. They are typically 2.6 to 3.2 mm in length.[1]
References

"Scymnus frontalis (Fabricius, 1787) | UK Beetle Recording". www.coleoptera.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
"Scymnus frontalis | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
"Scymnus frontalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

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