Biology:Cleobora
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Cleobora mellyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Cleobora Mulsant, 1850 |
| Species: | C. mellyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant, 1850) [1]
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Cleobora is a monotypic genus of ladybird native to Tasmania and the southern states of mainland Australia. Its only recognized species is Cleobora mellyi, the Tasmanian ladybird or southern ladybird.[2]
C. mellyi was introduced to New Zealand in 1977 as a biological control agent, with mixed results.[3]
References
- ↑ "Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO. http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/lucid/key/lucidKey/Media/Html/cleobMellyi1.htm.
- ↑ "Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_728.htm.
- ↑ "Cleobora mellyi, the southern ladybird in New Zealand". nzffa.org.nz. 25 October 2008. https://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/the-essentials/forest-health-pests-and-diseases/Beneficial-organisms/Predators-parasitoids/cleobora-mellyi-the-southern-ladybird/Control-of-eucalypt-and-blackwood-pests/.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cleobora. |
Wikidata ☰ Q2084695 entry
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