Exochomus

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
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Chilocorini
Genus: Exochomus
Subgenera: E. (Anexochomus) – E. (Exochomus) – E. (Parexochomus)
Species overview

E. aethiops – E. bellus – E. bifasciatus – E. californicus – E. cedri – E. ceylonicus – E. childreni – E. discors – E. ericae – E. fasciatus – E. flavipes – E. fulviventris – E. gebleri – E. jacobsoni – E. kiritshenkoi – E. laeviusculus – E. marginipennis – E. metallicus – E. mongol – E. mongolicus – E. nigripennis – E. nigrifrons – E. oblongus – E. octosignatus – E. pubescens – E. quadriguttatus – E. quadriplagiatus – E. quadripustulatus – E. septemmaculatus – E. subrotundus – E. townsendi – E. undulatus – E. ventralis
Name

Exochomus Redtenbacher, 1843
Gender: masculine
Type species: Coccinella quadripustulata Linnaeus, 1758:

Synonyms

Brumus Mulsant, 1850

References

Chapin, E.A. 1965: The Genera of the Chilocorini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 133(4): 229-271. BHL Reference page.
Fernández, I. & Milán, O., 2010: Nueva especie de Exochomus Redtenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Chilocorinae) de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 47: 171‒174. Full text PDF Reference page.
Houck, M.A., 1999: Review Phoresy by Hemisarcoptes (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) on Chilocorus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): influence of subelytral ultrastructure. Experimental and applied acarology, 23(2): 97–118. DOI: 10.1023/A:1006042026095 Reference page.
Kovář I., 1995. Revision of the genera Brumus Muls. and Exochomus Redtb. (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of the Palaearctic Region. Part I. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 44: 5-124. Full text PDF 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.

Links

Exochomus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Tribe Chilocorini (Coccinellidae) - atlas of ladybirds of Russia

Exochomus is a genus of beetle of the family Coccinellidae.
Species

Exochomus aethiops (Bland, 1864)
Exochomus bellus (Wollaston, 1864)
Exochomus californicus (Casey, 1899)
Exochomus childreni (Mulsant, 1850)
Exochomus fasciatus (Casey, 1899)
Exochomus marginipennis (LeConte, 1824)
Exochomus metallicus (Korschefsky, 1935)
Exochomus nigripennis (Erichson, 1843)
Exochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777) syn. E. flavipes
Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Also called Brumus quadripustulatus.
Exochomus subrotundus (Casey, 1899)
Exochomus townsendi (Casey, 1908)

References

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