Coccidula

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Coccidula
Species: C. lepida – C. lithophiloides – C. reitteri – C. rufa – C. scutellata
Name

Coccidula Kugelann, 1798: 421

Type species: Chrysomela scutellata Herbst, 1783, by subsequent designation by Crotch 1874.

Synonyms

Strongylus Panzer, 1813
Cacidula Dejean, 1821: 132

References

Illiger, J.K.W. 1798. Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Entworfen von Johann Gottlieb Kugelann Apotheker in Osterode. Ausgearbeitet von Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. Mit einer Vorrede des Professors und Pagenhofmeisters Hellwig in Braunschweig, und dem angehängten Versuche einer natürlichen Ordnungs- und Gattungs-Folge der Insekten. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle, xlii + [1] + 510 + [1 (Zusätze)] pp. BHL. Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum Digitale Bibliothek: Online version (German). Reference page.
Szawaryn, K., Nedvěd, O., Biranvand, A., Czerwiński, T. & Nattier, R. 2021. Revision of the genus Coccidula Kugelann (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys 1043: 61-85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1043.65829Open access Reference page.

Coccidula is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are five species described in Coccidula.[1]
Coccidula scutellata

Species

These five species belong to the genus Coccidula:

Coccidula lepida LeConte, 1852 (snow lady beetle)
Coccidula litophiloides Reitter, 1890
Coccidula reitteri Dodge, 1938
Coccidula rufa (Herbst, 1783)
Coccidula scutellata (Herbst, 1783)

References

Szawaryn, Karol; Nedvěd, Oldřich; Biranvand, Amir; Czerwiński, Tomasz; Nattier, Romain (11 June 2021). "Revision of the genus Coccidula Kugelann (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)". ZooKeys. 1043: 61–85. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1043.65829 – via ZooKeys.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Casey, Thomas L. (1908). "Notes on the Coccinellidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 40 (11): 393–421. doi:10.4039/Ent40393-11.
Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1): 1–912. ISSN 0028-7199.
Gordon, Robert; Vandenberg, Natalia (1991). "Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807. American Beetles. Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371–389. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.