Revision of the genus Coccidula Kugelann (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

By

Szawaryn, Karol
Nedved, Oldrich
Biranvand, Amir
Czerwiński, Tomasz
Nattier, Romain

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1043

Pages

61--85

Subjects

Coccinelloidea , ladybirds , morphological revision , new synonym , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1043.65829

 

Abstract

The genus Coccidula Kugelann includes five species distributed in the Holarctic, with one species in North America and four in Palearctic region. Coccidula belongs to the tribe Coccidulini which historically was treated as a separate subfamily within ladybird beetles, but recent studies confirmed its placement as a tribe within the broadly defined subfamily Coccinellinae. All species are revised and a new synonymy of Lithophilus naviauxi Duverger with C. litophiloides Reitter is proposed. Light and electron microscopy pictures support morphological descriptions. An identification key to all species is also provided.