Delphastus

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Delphastus
Delphastus catalinae.jpg
Delphastus catalinae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Sticholotidinae
Genus: Delphastus
Casey, 1899
Synonyms[1]
  • Lioscymnus Champion, 1913

Delphastus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Delphastus.[1][2][3]

Species[]

These 23 species belong to the genus Delphastus:

  • Gordon
  • Gordon
  • Gordon
  • Duverger, 1986
  • Gordon
  • Delphastus catalinae (Horn, 1895)
  • Gordon
  • Gordon
  • Chapin
  • Gordon
  • (Champion, 1913)
  • Gordon
  • Gordon
  • Kirsch
  • Gordon
  • Gordon
  • Chapin, 1940
  • Delphastus pallidus (LeConte, 1878)
  • Delphastus pusillus (Leconte, 1852) (whitefly predator)
  • Gordon
  • Casey
  • Casey
  • Casey

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Delphastus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Delphastus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading[]

  • Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN 0935-8196.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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