Cephaloscymnus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Cephaloscymnini
Genus: Cephaloscymnus
Species (10): C. australis – C. beulah – C. candice – C. gnomus – C. insulatus – C. juanita – C. laevis – C. mexicanus – C. occidentalis – C. porteri – C. zimmermanni

Name

• Cephaloscymnus Crotch, 1873: 382
  • Type species: Cephaloscymnus zimmermanni Crotch, 1873 by monotypy

Primary references

• Crotch, G.R. 1873. Revision of the Coccinellidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 363–382. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. & Hanley, G.A., 2017. South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII (lege XVIII): systematic revision of Western Hemisphere Cephaloscymnini (Coccinellinae) with description of a cryptic new genus and species of Coccidulini (Coccinellinae). Insecta Mundi 0601: 1-158. Full text PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gordon, R.D., 1970. The genus Cephaloscymnus Crotch in North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 72(1): 66-70. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D., 1974. Two new species of Cephaloscymnus Crotch from Mexico with notes on other species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 28(1): 45-48. BHL Reference page.