Biology:Rhyzobius chrysomeloides

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Short description: Species of beetle

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Rhyzobius
Species:
R. chrysomeloides
Binomial name
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
(Herbst, 1792)

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. R. chrysomeloides is a predatory species, feeding on aphids.[1] R. chrysomeloides can typically be found on various species of trees and garden shrubs, first being recorded in Britain in 1996 on a pine tree. R. chrysomeloides is visually similar to Rhyzoius litura, but can be differentiated by its broader prosternal keel and the darker, U-shaped markings on its elytra.

References

  1. Roy, Helen; Brown, Peter (2018). Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 128. ISBN 978-1-4729-3568-7. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1564090 entry