Araucaria cunninghamii is a species of Araucaria known as hoop pine. Other less commonly used names include colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine, Moreton Bay pine and Richmond River pine. The scientific name honours the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham, who collected the first specimens in the 1820s.
Rhyzobius is a genus in the lady beetle family (Coccinellidae). It belongs to tribe Coccidulini of subfamily Coccidulinae, which is sometimes subsumed in the Coccinellinae as a tribe with the Coccidulini downranked to subtribe.
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a ladybird species.
Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia.
Coccinellinae is a subfamily of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 genera and 90 described species in Coccinellinae.
Psyllobora is a genus of fungus-eating lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 17 described species in Psyllobora.
Nephus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 25 described species in Nephus. Several former species are now in the genus Scymnobius.
Diomus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Diomus.
Mulsantina is a genus of ladybugs, found in North and Central America and in the Caribbean (Haiti).
Novius is a genus of ladybird beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, and the sole member of the tribe Noviini. The genus as presently defined contains over 70 species, most of which were formerly placed in the genera Rodolia and Anovia, but after decades of debate, both of these genera are now considered to be junior synonyms of Novius.
Calvia is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 10 described species in Calvia.
Cycloneda is a genus of spotless lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cycloneda.
Thalassa is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least six described species in Thalassa.
Exoplectra is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about nine described species in Exoplectra.
Cryptognatha is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least three described species in Cryptognatha.
Azya is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 12 described species in Azya.
Orcus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 18 described species in Orcus, found in Australia, New Guinae, New Caledonia, Java, Sumba, and the Kai Islands.
Coelophora is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 14 described species in Coelophora.
Magadi Puttarudriah was an Indian entomologist who worked in the Government of Mysore and after 1957 in the Government of Karnataka. He was the first professor of entomology at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore created in 1964.
