Afissa nilgirica

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: Afissa
Species: Afissa nilgirica

Name

Afissa nilgirica (Weise, 1908)

• original combination: Solanophila nilgirica Weise, 1908: 219
• Type locality: India,Nilgiri Hills
• Lectotype: male ♂, ZMB (designated by Jadwiszczak, 1990)

References

Primary references

• Weise, J. 1908. Coleopteren aus Ostindien. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 69(2): 213–230. BHL Reference page. 
• Dieke, G.H. 1947. Ladybeetles of the genus Epilachna (sens. lat.) in Asia, Europe, and Australia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Washington 106(15): 1-183. BHL Reference page. 
• Jadwiszczak, A.S. 1990. New and little known Oriental Epilachna Chevrolat species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 59: 731-742. Reference page.