Zilus
| Zilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | Zilus Mulsant, 1850 |
Zilus is a genus of velvethead lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about five described species in Zilus.[1][2][3]
Species[]
These five species belong to the genus Zilus:
- Zilus aterrimus (Horn, 1895) (western velvethead)
- Zilus eleutherae (Casey, 1899) (Eleuthera velvethead)
- (Mulsant, 1850)
- Zilus horni Gordon, 1985 (eastern velvethead)
- Zilus subtropicus (Casey, 1924) (subtropical velvethead)
References[]
- ^ "Zilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Zilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Zilus genus Information". BugGuide.net. 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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