Coccinella

Seven-spotted ladybird Coccinella septempunctata, copyright S. Rae.

Belongs within: Coccinellidae.

Coccinella is a cosmopolitan genus, most diverse in the Holarctic region, that includes many of the most familiar ladybird species.

Characters (from Ślipiński 2007): Length 4–8.5 mm. Body moderately large, elytra weakly convex, glabrous. Elytral colour pattern constant, uniformly orange with black spots or transverse markings. Anterior clypeal border straight between lateral projections. Antenna eleven-segmented; slightly shorter than head capsule, with compact three-segmented club. Terminal maxillary palpomere strongly securiform. Pronotal disc evenly convex transversely; lateral margins narrowly margined within uptorned external borders. Prothoracic hypomeron without fovea near anterior angles; prosternal process with distinct carinae extending forward. Anterior margin of mesoventrite straight and entirely bordered. Elytral margin with complete thickened beads; epipleuron not foveate. Tibia spur formula 0-2-2. Abdominal postcoxal line not recurved, incomplete laterally, with oblique additional line. Penis consisting of single sclerite. Ovipositor with coxites club-handle type; infundibulum present; spermatheca with large nodulus.

<==Coccinella Linnaeus 1758 S07
    |--*C. septempunctata Linnaeus 1758 S07
    |--C. bipustulata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. cincta B35
    |--C. conglobata Linnaeus 1758 L58 [incl. C. conglobata var. gemella C01, C. conglobata var. pineti C01]
    |--C. decempunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. decempustulata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. detrita B35
    |--C. duodevigintiguttata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. distincta [incl. C. distincta var. magnifica] C01
    |--C. duodecimnotata B35
    |--C. endomycina Dupont in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. fasciatopunctata C01
    |--C. gigantea Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. guttatopunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. haematomelas Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. haemorrhoa Dejean in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. hebraea Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. hieroglyphica Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. japonica C01
    |--C. lapeyrousei Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. leonina [incl. C. tasmanii] M83
    |--C. lunata B35
    |--C. macularis [incl. C. rivularis] B35
    |--C. m-nigrum L02
    |--C. novemmaculata B35
    |--C. obliterata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. oblongoguttata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. ocellata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. octonotata B35
    |--C. pantherina Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. patruelis Dejean in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. pteromelas Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. quatuordecimguttata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. quatuordecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58 (see below for synonymy)
    |--C. quatuordecimpustulata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. quinquepunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. reticulata B35
    |--C. septemmaculata L02
    |--C. sexdecimpustulata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. sexpustulata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. signatipennis d’Urville in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. strigula Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. tigrina Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. tongataboae Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--C. transversalis Fabricius 1781 [incl. C. contempta Boisduval 1835, C. repanda Thunberg 1781] S07
    |--C. transversoguttata C01
    |--C. tricolor B35
    |--C. tridecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. trifasciata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. tripunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. undecimnotata C01
    |--C. undecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758 S07
    |--C. undevigintipunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. unipunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. vigintiduopunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. vigintiguttata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. vigintiquattuorpunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58
    `--C. vigintiquinquepunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58

Coccinella quatuordecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758 L58 [incl. C. quatuordecimpunctata var. conglomerata Linnaeus 1758 C01, L58, C. quatuordecimpunctata var. duodecimpunctata C01, C. quatuordecimpunctata var. fimbriata C01, C. quatuordecimpunctata var. leopardina C01]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[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.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[M83] Martin, N. A. 1983. Miscellaneous observations on a pasture fauna: an annotated species list. DSIR Entomology Division Report 3: 1–98.

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