Axion

Life-forms

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: Chilocorini
Genus: Axion
Species: A. plagiatum – A. tripustulatum
Name

Axion Mulsant, 1850: 477

Type species Coccinella tripustulata De Geer, 1775 by subsequent designation

References

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.
Axion – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Axion is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least two described species in Axion.[1][2][3]
Species

Axion plagiatum (Olivier, 1808)
Axion tripustulatum (De Geer, 1775) (three-spotted lady beetle)

References

"Axion Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
"Axion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

"Axion Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

Further reading

Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1).