Scymnus alligator

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: Scymnus
Species: Scymnus alligator

Name

Scymnus alligator Ślipiński, Pang & Booth, 2012: 685

• Original genus: Scymnus Kugelann, 1794
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult] male
  • Repository: ANIC
• Type locality: 'Northern Territory: 7 km NW by N of Cahills Crossing, East Alligator River, (12.23S, 132.56E)' [AUSTRALIA NT]
• ZooBank: 1360B5D4-503E-430B-B6A8-14322BEE281A

References

• Ślipiński, A.; Pang, H.; Booth, R.G. 2012: Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales zoologici 62(4): 679-704. DOI: 10.3161/000345412X659731 Reference page.  [See p. 685, and figs. 9, 15, 28, 41, 50, 84–89, 131; original description]

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