Adalia (beetle)
| Adalia | |
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| Adalia bipunctata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
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| Genus: | Adalia Mulsant, 1850 |
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Adalia is a genus of ladybugs in the family Coccinellidae. It contains only two species, A. bipunctata and A. decempunctata.[1][2]
Ecology and biogeography[]
Adalia bipunctata is present in Europe, Asia, North America and New Zealand.
The two species are predominantly aphidophagous, but also show cannibalism and predate other ladybirds.
Adalia species are subject to parasitism by male-killing bacteria: invasion of one insect species, A. bipunctata, by two different male-killing bacteria, phorid and degeerid flies, as well as sexually transmitted mites.
See also[]
- List of Coccinellidae genera and species
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Adalia. |
- ^ Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Adalia - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics".
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