Tytthaspis

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Tytthaspis
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Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
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Tytthaspis

Crotch, 1874

Tytthaspis are a genus of ladybird beetles. They have comb-like structures on their mandibles with which they gather fungal spores.[1] The genus contains two subgenera (Barovskia and Tytthaspis) and the following species:

  • (=Tytthaspis lineola)
  • Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (=Tytthaspis 16-punctata)
  • Tytthaspis trilineata (see )
  • Tytthaspis univittata (see )

References[]

  1. ^ A.F.G.Dixon. Insect Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ladybird Beetles and Biological Control.Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005


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