Rhyzobius pulchellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Coccidulini
Genus: Rhyzobius
Species: Rhyzobius pulchellus

Name

Rhyzobius pulchellus (Montrouzier, 1861)

• original combination: Epilachna pulchella Montrouzier, 1861: 306
• Authority for current placement: Fauvel, 1903: 321
• Type locality: NEW CALEDONIA: Kanala
• Lectotype: male ♂, coll. A. Fauvel, ISNB (designated by Tomaszewska, 2010: 183)

Synonyms

• Rhyzobius submetallica Crotch, 1874: 298 (syn. Tomaszewska, 2010: 181)
• Rhyzobius debilis Blackburn, 1889: 201 (ibid.)
• Rhyzobius lindi Blackburn, 1889: 202 (ibid.)
• Rhyzobius coeruleus Blackburn, 1892: 140 (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• Montrouzier, X. 1861. Essai sur la Faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifu, etc. - Coléoptères. (Fin). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4)1: 265–306. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Blackburn, T. 1889: Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 11: 175–214. BHL Reference page. 
• Blackburn, T. 1892: Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 15: 207–261. BHL Reference page. 
• Fauvel, A. 1903. Faune analytique des coléoptères de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Revue d’Entomologie 22(7–12): 203–378. BHL Reference page. 
• Crotch, G.R. (†) 1874. A revision of the coleopterous family Coccinellidae. E. W. Janson, London. xv. + 311 pp. Internet Archive BHL. Reference page. 
• Tomaszewska, W. 2010: Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a revision of the world species. Fauna Mundi 2. PDFReference page.