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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Works Cited
Enicmus tenuicornis Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant) - Olla v-nigrum Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle? - Harmonia axyridis Seven-spotted Ladybird - Coccinella septempunctata Lady bugs - Hippodamia convergens Spurleg? - Brachiacantha uteella Psyllobora vigintimaculata? - Psyllobora vigintimaculata Beetle - Stephostethus breviclavis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
families included here have been traditionally treated in Cucujoidea as "cerylonid series"; arrangement in the guide follows(1)
not closely related to Cucujoidea within Cucujiformia
Identification
Adults with tarsal formula reduced (4-4-4 or 3-3-3), hindwings lacking a closed radial cell, hindwings with anal veins reduced, hind coxae separated by more than 1∕3 coxal width, intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1 broadly rounded or truncate (1).
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)
Robertson J.A., Ślipiński A., Moulton M., Shockley F.W., Giorgi A., Lord N.P., McKenna D.D., Tomaszewska W., Forrester J. ... 2015. Syst. Entomol. doi: 10.1111/syen.12138.
Contributed by v belov on 7 August, 2015 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos
Last updated 23 July, 2021 - 2:02am

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