Biology:Thalassa (beetle)

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Thalassa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Tribe: Hyperaspidini
Genus: Thalassa
Mulsant, 1850

Thalassa is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least six described species in Thalassa.[1][2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Thalassa:[4]

  • Thalassa flaviceps Mulsant, 1850
  • Thalassa glauca (Mulsant, 1850)
  • Thalassa korschefskyi Milleo, 2004
  • Thalassa montezumae Mulsant, 1850 (Montezuma lady beetle)
  • Thalassa pentaspilota (Chevrolat, 1853)
  • Thalassa saginata
  • Thalassa similaris Mulsant, 1850

References

  1. "Thalassa Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692182. Retrieved 2019-02-19. 
  2. "Thalassa". https://www.gbif.org/species/1043655. Retrieved 2019-02-19. 
  3. Milléo, Julianne; Almeida, Lúcia; Gordon, Robert D. (2004). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera): part X: A systematic revision of Thalassa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 48 (3): 395–400. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262004000300016. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q18115200 entry