Cynegetis

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Cynegetis
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Cynegetis impunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Epilachninae
Genus: Cynegetis
Dejean, 1835
Species

Cynegetis is a genus of Coccinellidae native to Eurasia. The genus was first established by Chevrolat in 1837, and contains only three species.

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Species

Cynegetis contains three species: [1]

Description

The species in the Cynegetis genus have oval and strongly convex bodies, well-developed spurs on all tibiae, and similar male and female genitalia. [1] These descriptions are similar to the Subcoccinella genus and are also similar in their larvae, which have similar shapes and armatures of their body walls. [1]

Distribution

The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic region. [2] In Europe, countries of occurrence include Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Western Russia. [1] In Asia, countries of occurrence include China (Ningxia), Eastern Russia (Maritime Province), Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Turkey. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wang, Xingmin; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Ren, Shunxiang (2014-10-20). "A new species and first record of the genus Cynegetis Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Epilachnini) from China". ZooKeys (448): 37–45. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.448.8342 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   4233393 . PMID   25408609.
  2. Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2013-01-16). "Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)" . Zootaxa. 3608 (1): 26–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   24614446.