Thalassa (beetle)

Thalassa is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least six described species in Thalassa.[1][2][3]

Thalassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Tribe: Hyperaspidini
Genus: Thalassa
Mulsant, 1850

Species

These species belong to the genus Thalassa:[4]

  • Thalassa flaviceps Mulsant, 1850
  • Thalassa glauca (Mulsant, 1850)
  • Thalassa korschefskyi Milleo, 2004
  • Thalassa montezumae Mulsant, 1850 (Montezuma lady beetle)
  • Thalassa pentaspilota (Chevrolat, 1853)
  • Thalassa similaris Mulsant, 1850

References

  1. "Thalassa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  2. "Thalassa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. Milléo, Julianne; Almeida, Lúcia; Gordon, Robert D. (2004). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera): part X: A systematic revision of Thalassa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 48 (3): 395–400. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262004000300016.

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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