Rhyzobius litura

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: Coccidulini
Genus: Rhyzobius
Species: Rhyzobius litura
Synonyms (11): R. aurora – R. coadunatus – R. discimacula – R. fasciatus – R. hypomelanus – R. lividus – R. maura – R. nigriventris – R. pallidulus – R. pallidus – R. testaceus
Name

Rhyzobius litura (Fabricius, 1787)

Combinations

Nitidula litura: original combination

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.
Ladybird Rhyzobius litura (F., 1787) (Coccinellidae) - atlas of ladybirds of Russia

Rhyzobius litura is a species of beetle in family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic [2] It is mainly found in Western Europe, especially in the United Kingdom In the southeast, the area spreads to Bulgaria and Greece.[3] In the East it is partly replaced by the related species Rhyzobius chrysomeloides. The species lives in forests on trees and on various herbaceous plants in places where it is protected from wind and weather.
References

Fabricius, J.C., 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Two volumes.
Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
Fauna Europaea