Coccidulini

Rhyzobius litura, copyright Mark Gurney.

Belongs within: Coccinellidae.

The Coccidulini are a diverse, poorly characterised group of hairy ladybird beetles.

Characters (from Ślipiński 2007): Dorsum distinctly pubescent; tegmen symmetrical; penis guide symmetrical; ovipositor bearing rather elongate, triangular coxites.

<==Coccidulini [Exoplectrini, Rhyzobiini, Scymninae, Scymnini, Stethorini] S07
    |--Planorbata S07
    |--Exoplectra Dejean 1836 S07
    |--Zenoria S07
    |--Midus quadristrilatus S07
    |--Oryssomus S07
    |--Neoryssomus S07
    |--Rhizoryssomus S07
    |--Coccidula Kugelann 1798 S07
    |    `--C. rondensis Eizaguirre 2004 F05
    |--Guillermo Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*G. minutus Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Iracilda Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*I. limae Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Lucialla Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*L. almeidae Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Nat Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*N. vandenbergae Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Poorani Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*P. serrata Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Robert Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*R. popei Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Roger Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    `--*R. boothi Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |--Rhynchortalia Crotch 1874 S07
    |    `--*R. insueta Crotch 1874 S07
    |--Hypoceras Chapuis 1876 S07
    |    `--*H. mulsanti Chapuis 1876 S07
    |--Erithionyx Blackburn 1892 S07
    |    |--*E. lanosus (Blackburn 1892) [=Rhizobius lanosus] S07
    |    `--E. albatus Lea 1902 S07
    |--Wioletta Ślipiński 2007 S07
    |    |--*W. elongatula (Crotch 1874) [=Rhizobius elongatulus] S07
    |    `--W. subfusca (Blackburn 1889) [=Rhizobius subfuscus] S07
    |--Parastethorus Pang & Mao 1975 S07
    |    |--*P. yunnanensis (Pang & Mao 1975) [=Stethorus (*Parastethorus) yunnanensis] S07
    |    |--P. histrio (Chazeau in Chazeau, Étienne & Fürsch 1974) (see below for synonymy) S07
    |    |--P. nigripes (Kapur 1948) [=Stethorus nigripes; incl. S. loxtoni Britton & Lee 1972] S07
    |    `--P. obscuripennis (Lea 1929) [=Scymnus obscuripennis, Stethorus (Parastethorus) obscuripennis] S07
    |--Cryptolaemus Mulsant 1853 S07
    |    |--*C. montrouzieri Mulsant 1853 S07
    |    |    |--C. m. montrouzieri S07
    |    |    `--C. m. simplex Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--C. affinis Crotch 1874 S07
    |    `--C. violaceus S07
    |--Apolinus Pope & Lawrence 1990 [=Platyomus Mulsant 1853 (preoc.)] S07
    |    |--*A. lividigaster (Mulsant 1853) [=*Platyomus lividigaster, Scymnodes (*Apolinus) lividigaster] S07
    |    |--A. chappuisi (Weise 1923) [=Scymnodes chappuisi] S07
    |    |--A. cribratus (Blackburn 1895) [=Platyomus cribratus] S07
    |    |--A. rotundus (Blackburn 1889) [=Eupalea rotunda] S07
    |    |--A. spilotus (Weise 1923) [=Scymnodes spilotus] S07
    |    `--A. terminalis (Blackburn 1895) [=Platyomus terminalis] S07
    |--Bucolus Mulsant 1850 [incl. Bucolinus Blackburn 1892] S07
    |    |--*B. fourneti Mulsant 1850 S07
    |    |--B. convexus Blackburn 1892 S07
    |    |--B. frater Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    |--B. nigripes Lea 1902 S07
    |    |--B. nuytsiae Lea 1902 S07
    |    |--B. obscurus Lea 1902 S07
    |    |--B. posticalis Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    `--B. stragulatus (Erichson 1842) (see below for synonymy) S07
    |--Scymnodes Blackburn 1889 [incl. Dolinus Weise 1923] S07
    |    |--*S. difficilis Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--S. baccaeformis (Blackburn 1895) [=Platyomus baccaeformis] S07
    |    |--S. bellus Pope & Lawrence 1990 S07
    |    |--S. consimilis (Blackburn 1895) [=Platyomus consimilis] S07
    |    |--S. fulvipes Weise 1923 [=S. (*Dolinus) fulvipes] S07
    |    |--S. koebelei Blackburn 1892 (see below for synonymy) S07
    |    |--S. maculiger Weise 1923 [=S. (Dolinus) maculiger] S07
    |    |--S. obscuricollis (Blackburn 1895) [=Platyomus obscuricollis] S07
    |    |--S. styx (Blackburn 1895) [=Scymnus styx] S07
    |    `--S. tristis Weise 1923 [=Scymnodes (Dolinus) tristis] S07
    |--Rodatus Mulsant 1850 S07
    |    |--*R. bajulus (Mulsant 1850) [=Rhizobius (*Rodatus) bajulus] S07
    |    |--R. australis (Blackburn 1889) [=Rhizobius australis] S07
    |    |--R. bakewelli Crotch 1874 S07
    |    |--R. boucardi Crotch 1874 S07
    |    |--R. carinifex (Mulsant 1850) (see below for synonymy) S07
    |    |--R. crotchi (Blackburn 1895) [=Rhizobius crotchi] S07
    |    |--R. depressus Weise 1895 S07
    |    |--R. major (Blackburn 1889) [=Rhizobius major] S07
    |    |--R. nigronotatus (Blackburn 1892) [=Rhizobius nigronotatus] S07
    |    |--R. ornatipennis (Blackburn 1892) [=Rhizobius ornatipennis] S07
    |    `--R. proprius (Blackburn 1889) [=Rhizobius discolor var. proprius] S07
    |--Stethorus Weise 1885 [incl. Allostethorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1972] S07
    |    |--S. punctillum Weise 1891 [incl. Coccinella minima Rossi 1794, *S. minimus] S07
    |    |--S. aethiops P01
    |    |--S. amurensis Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1972 [=S. (*Allostethorus) amurensis] S07
    |    |--S. bifidus BC01
    |    |--S. fenestralis Houston 1980 S07
    |    |--S. gilvifrons Gu01
    |    |--S. keralicus Gu01
    |    |--S. madecassus S07
    |    |--S. nanus VC07
    |    |--S. parcempunctatus Gu01
    |    |--S. pauperculus Gu01
    |    |--S. punctum VC07
    |    |    |--S. p. punctum JPW07
    |    |    `--S. p. picipes JPW07
    |    |--S. tetranychi Gu01
    |    |--S. utilis VC07
    |    `--S. vagans (Blackburn 1892) [=Scymnus vagans] S07
    |--Scymnus Kugelann 1794 (see below for synonymy) S07
    |    |--*S. nigrinus Kugelann 1794 S07
    |    |--S. ambulans Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    |--S. angusticollis Fauvel 1903 [=S. (*Caledonus) angusticollis] S07
    |    |--S. arugineus Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--S. asperses Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--S. australis Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--S. binaevatus Go01
    |    |--‘Nephus’ bisignatus S07
    |    |--S. castroemi Go01
    |    |--S. compositus Lea 1902 S07
    |    |--S. duplopunctulatus (Blackburn 1892) [=*Scymnomorpha duplopunctulata] S07
    |    |--S. ferrugatus C01
    |    |--S. flavohirtus Broun 1880 [incl. *Adoxellus concinnus Weise 1895] S07
    |    |--S. gracilis Gu01
    |    |--S. hoffmanni Weise 1879 [=S. (*Neopullus) hoffmanni] S07
    |    |--S. impexus [=S. (Pullus) impexus] S07
    |    |--S. loewi WFS04
    |    |--‘*Didion’ longulum Casey 1899 S07
    |    |--S. mareebensis Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    |--S. marinus Mulsant 1850 (see below for synonymy) S07
    |    |--S. mitior Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    |--S. mjoebergi (Weise 1923) [=Pullus mjoebergi] S07
    |    |--S. morelleti Go01
    |    |--S. oscillans Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--S. parallelus Blackburn 1889 S07
    |    |--S. pectoralis Lea 1902 S07
    |    |--S. pirikamenoko Kamiya 1961 [=S. (*Nipponopullus) pirikamenoko] S07
    |    |--S. pretiosus Blackburn 1892 S07
    |    |--S. punctillum C01
    |    |--S. pygmaeus (Blackburn 1892) [=Midus pygmaeus, Rhizobius pygmaeus] S07
    |    |--S. quadrimaculatus (Herbst 1783) [=Sphaeridium quadrimaculatum, Sc. (*Nephus) quadrimaculatus] S07
    |    |--S. queenslandicus Blackburn 1892 S07
    |    |--S. rosenhaueri Go01
    |    |--S. rufomarginatus K09
    |    |--S. sublatus Blackburn 1892 S07
    |    |--S. subvillosus (Goeze 1777) [=Coccinella subvillosa, S. (*Pullus) subvillosus] S07
    |    |--S. terraereginae Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    |--S. varipes Blackburn 1895 S07
    |    |--S. victoriensis Blackburn 1892 S07
    |    |--S. vittipennis Lea 1902 S07
    |    `--S. yarrensis Blackburn 1895 S07
    |--Nephaspis oculatus [incl. N. amnicola] LS96
    `--Rhyzobius Stephens 1829 [=Rhizobiellus Oke 1951, Rhizobius Agassiz 1846; incl. Lindorus Casey 1899] S07
         |--*R. litura (Fabricius 1781) [=Nitidula litura, *Rhizobiellus litura] S07
         |--R. alphabeticus Lea 1902 [=Rhizobius alphabeticus] S07
         |--R. apicalis Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius apicalis] S07
         |--R. approximatus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius approximatus] S07
         |--R. aurantii Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius aurantii] S07
         |--R. bilineatus Weise 1923 [=Rhizobius bilineatus] S07
         |--R. breweri Crotch 1874 [=Rhizobius breweri] S07
         |--R. caecus Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius caecus] S07
         |--R. coerulens Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius coerulens] S07
         |--R. confinis Lea 1902 [=Rhizobius confinis] S07
         |--R. corticalis Lea 1902 [=Rhizobius corticalis] S07
         |--R. cyaneus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius cyaneus] S07
         |--R. debilis Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius debilis, Scymnus minusculus Korschefsky 1931] S07
         |--R. discipennis Blackburn 1895 [=Rhizobius discipennis] S07
         |--R. discoidalis Weise 1923 [=Rhizobius discoidalis] S07
         |--R. discolor (Erichson 1842) [=Scymnus discolor, Rhizobius discolor] S07
         |--R. dorsalis Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius dorsalis] S07
         |--R. eminens Blackburn 1895 [=Rhizobius eminens] S07
         |--R. ephippatus Weise 1923 [=Rhizobius ephippatus] S07
         |--R. erythrogaster Lea 1929 [=Rhizobius erythrogaster] S07
         |--R. evansii Mulsant 1850 [=Rhizobius evansii] S07
         |--R. fagus WFS04
         |--R. fasciculatus Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius fasciculatus] S07
         |--R. filicis Lea 1929 [=Rhizobius filicis] S07
         |--R. forestieri (Mulsant 1853) [=Platyomus forestieri] S07
         |--R. fugax Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius fugax] S07
         |--R. gosfordensis Blackburn 1895 [=Rhizobius gosfordensis] S07
         |--R. hirtellus Crotch 1874 [=Rhizobius hirtellus; incl. Rhizobius ruficollis Blackburn 1889] S07
         |--R. insipidus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius insipidus] S07
         |--R. kingensis Lea 1908 [=Rhizobius kingensis] S07
         |--R. laeticulus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius laeticulus] S07
         |--R. lindi Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius lindi] S07
         |--R. lorophanthae (Blaisdell 1892) (see below for synonymy) S07
         |--R. nigrovarius Lea 1908 [=Rhizobius nigrovarius] S07
         |--R. nitidus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius nitidus] S07
         |--R. noctuabundus Lea 1914 [=Rhizobius noctuabundus] S07
         |--R. occidentalis Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius occidentalis] S07
         |--R. plebejus Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius plebejus] S07
         |--R. pulcher Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius pulcher] S07
         |--R. satelles Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius satelles] S07
         |--R. secessus Blackburn 1896 [=Rhizobius secessus] S07
         |--R. speculifer Blackburn 1892 [=Rhizobius speculifer] S07
         |--R. speratus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius speratus] S07
         |--R. subaustralis Blackburn 1895 [=Rhizobius subaustralis] S07
         |--R. subhirtellus Lea 1926 [=Rhizobius subhirtellus] S07
         |--R. submetallicus Crotch 1874 [=Rhizobius submetallica] S07
         |--R. umbratus Blackburn 1889 [=Rhizobius umbratus] S07
         |--R. ventralis (Erichson 1842) [=Scymnus ventralis, Rhizobius ventralis; incl. S. restitutor Sharp 1889] S07
         |--R. virgatus Lea 1902 [=Rhizobius virgatus] S07
         |--R. viridipennis Lea 1929 [=Rhizobius viridipennis] S07
         |--R. vulgaris Weise 1923 [=Rhizobius vulgaris] S07
         |--R. waterhousei (Mulsant 1850) [=Scymnus waterhousii] S07
         `--R. xanthurus Mulsant 1850 [=Rhizobius xanthurus; incl. Rhizobius tricolor Lea 1902] S07

Bucolus stragulatus (Erichson 1842) [=Scymnus stragulatus, Midus stragulatus; incl. Rhizobius blackburni Lea 1908, *Bucolinus longicornis Blackburn 1892] S07

Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau in Chazeau, Étienne & Fürsch 1974) [=Stethorus histrio; incl. S. incompletus Whitehead in Chazeau 1979 (n. n.)] S07

Rhyzobius carinifex (Mulsant 1850) [=Rhizobius (Rodatus) carinifex; incl. Rh. calomeloides Lea 1902, Eupalea foveiventris Mulsant 1853] S07

Rhyzobius lorophanthae (Blaisdell 1892) [=Scymnus lorophanthae, *Lindorus lorophanthae; incl. Rhizobius toowoombae Blackburn 1892] S07

Scymnodes koebelei Blackburn 1892 [=Platyomus (Scymnodes) koebelei; incl. S. koebelei var. eugeniae Blackburn 1892, P. (S.) eugeniae, S. koebelei var. fulvohirtus Blackburn 1892, P. (S.) fulvohirtus, S. koebelei var. immaculatus Blackburn 1892, P. (S.) immaculatus, S. koebelei var. varipes Blackburn 1892] S07

Scymnus Kugelann 1794 [incl. Adoxellus Weise 1895, Caledonus Bielawski 1973, Didion Casey 1899, Mimopullus Fürsch 1987, Neopullus Sasaji 1971, Nephus Mulsant 1846, Nipponopullus Kamiya 1961, Pullus Mulsant 1846, Scymnomorpha Blackburn 1892] S07

Scymnus marinus Mulsant 1850 [incl. S. (Pullus) mediterraneus Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1972, S. (*Mimopullus) mediterraneus] S07

*Type species of generic name indicated

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[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Bogarak [Coleopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 75–120. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

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[Go01] Gorham, H. S. 1901. Descriptions of genera and species of Coleoptera from South Africa (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 401–415.

[Gu01] Gupta, S. K. 2001. A conspectus of natural enemies of phytophagous mites and mites as potential biocontrol agents of agricultural pests in India. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 484–497. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[JPW07] James, D. G., T. S. Price & L. C. Wright. 2007. Biological control of mites on hops: the assemblage approach. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 357–364. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

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[LS96] Liu, T.-X., & P. A. Stansly. 1996. Morphology of Nephaspis oculatus and Delphastus pusillus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), predators of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (2): 292–300.

[P01] Pringle, K. L. 2001. Biological control of tetranychid mites in South African apple orchards. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 429–435. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[S07] Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Their biology and classification. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra.

[VC07] Villanueva, R. T., & C. C. Childers. 2007. Insect predators of eriophyids on Florida citrus including a new predacious Lepidoptera and two cecidomyiids. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 391–395. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[WFS04] Winks, C. J., S. V. Fowler & L. A. Smith. 2004. Invertebrate fauna of boneseed, Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera (L.) T. Norl. (Asteraceae: Calenduleae), an invasive weed in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 27: 61–72.