Biology:Cynegetis
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| Genus: | Cynegetis Dejean, 1835
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Cynegetis is a genus of Coccinellidae native to Eurasia. The genus was first established by Chevrolat in 1837, and contains only three species.
Species
Cynegetis contains three species:[1]
- Cynegetis impunctata Linnaeus, 1958
- Cynegetis syriaca Mader, 1958
- Cynegetis chinensis Wang and Ren, 2014
Taxonomy
Description
The species in the Cynegetis genus have oval and strongly convex bodies, well-developed spurs on all tibiae, and similar male and female genitalia.[1] These descriptions are similar to the Subcoccinella genus and are also similar in their larvae, which have similar shapes and armatures of their body walls.[1]
Distribution
The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic region.[2] In Europe, countries of occurrence include Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Western Russia.[1] In Asia, countries of occurrence include China (Ningxia), Eastern Russia (Maritime Province), Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Turkey.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wang, Xingmin; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Ren, Shunxiang (2014-10-20). "A new species and first record of the genus Cynegetis Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Epilachnini) from China". ZooKeys (448): 37–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.448.8342. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 25408609.
- ↑ Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2013-01-16). "Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)". Zootaxa 3608 (1): 26–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24614446. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3608.1.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q4036810 entry
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