Afidentula stephensi

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: Epilachnini
Genus: Afidentula
Species: Afidentula stephensi

Name

Afidentula stephensi (Mulsant, 1850)

• original combination: Epilachna stephensi Mulsant, 1850: 879
• Type locality: "les Indes orientales?"

Synonyms

• Afidentula erberi Fürsch, 1984: 336 (syn. Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2013)

References

Primary references

• Mulsant, E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d’Agriculture et d’Industrie, Lyon (2) 2: 1–1104. BHL Reference page. 
• Booth, R.G. & Pope, R.D. 1989: A review of the type material of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) described by F.W. Hope, and by E. Mulsant in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford. Entomologica Scandinavica, 20(3): 343–370. DOI: 10.1163/187631289X00366 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Tomaszewska, W. & Szawaryn, K. 2013. Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini). Zootaxa 3608(1): 26–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fürsch, H. 1984. Die Gattung Afidentula Kapur 1958 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entomofauna 5(29): 335-342. Full text PDF Reference page.