Exoplectra

Exoplectra is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about nine described species in Exoplectra.[1][2][3]

Exoplectra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccidulinae
Genus: Exoplectra
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Exoplectra:

  • Exoplectra aenea Fabricius, 1801
  • Exoplectra angularis Mulsant, 1850
  • Exoplectra bimaculata
  • Exoplectra calcarata (Germar, 1824)
  • Exoplectra coccinea (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Exoplectra columba
  • Exoplectra fryi Crotch, 1874
  • Exoplectra rubicunda Mulsant, 1850
  • Exoplectra schaefferi Gordon, 1985 (Schaeffer's lady beetle)

References

  1. "Exoplectra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Exoplectra". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

  • Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN 0935-8196.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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