Biology:Scymnus (beetle)

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Scymnus
Scymnus frontalis (Fabricius, 1787) Male (30248290141).png
Scymnus frontalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Scymninae
Genus: Scymnus
Kugelann, 1794

Scymnus is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Scymninae and the tribe Scymnini.[1][2]

Species

According to the Natural History Museum, the species in genus Scymnus are:[3]

Subgenus Scymnus

  • Scymnus femoralis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
  • Scymnus frontalis (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Scymnus interruptus (Goeze, 1777)
  • Scymnus jakowlewi Weise, 1892
  • Scymnus nigrinus Kugelann, 1794
  • Scymnus rubromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)
  • Scymnus schmidti Fürsch, 1958

Subgenus Pullus

Subgenus Neopullus

  • Scymnus haemorrhoidalis Herbst, 1797
  • Scymnus limbatus Stephens, 1832

Other catalogs list more than 200 species.[4][5][6]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1944939 entry