Delphastus

Delphastus
Delphastus catalinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Tribe:	Serangiini
Genus:	Delphastus Casey, 1899
Synonyms [1]
Lioscymnus Champion, 1913

Delphastus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Delphastus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Delphastus:

• Delphastus abditus Gordon
• Delphastus amazonensis Gordon
• Delphastus anthracinus Gordon
• Delphastus argentinicus Nunenmacher, 1937
• Delphastus barti Duverger, 1986
• Delphastus bechyneorum Gordon, 1994
• Delphastus berryi Gordon
• Delphastus boothi Gordon, 1994
• Delphastus catalinae (Horn, 1895)
• Delphastus celatus Gordon
• Delphastus chapini Gordon
• Delphastus collaris Chapin
• Delphastus davidsoni Gordon, 1994
• Delphastus dejavu Gordon
• Delphastus diversipes (Champion, 1913)
• Delphastus dubitalis Gordon, 1970
• Delphastus ecuadorensis Gordon
• Delphastus flavicollis Gordon
• Delphastus hirtulus Kirsch
• Delphastus huahuai Gordon
• Delphastus mexicanus Gordon, 1994
• Delphastus minutus Gordon
• Delphastus nebulosus Chapin, 1940
• Delphastus pallidus (LeConte, 1878)
• Delphastus punctum Gordon, 1994
• Delphastus pusillus (Leconte, 1852) (whitefly predator)
• Delphastus quinculus Gordon

Former species

• Delphastus sonoricus Casey
• Delphastus subtropicus Casey
• Delphastus violaceus Casey

References

1. "Delphastus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Delphastus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Delphastus genus Information". BugGuide.net. 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.