Illeis

Illeis
Illeis galbula, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Coccinellinae
Tribe:	Coccinellini
Genus:	Illeis Mulsant, 1850
Synonyms [1]
Anchilleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979 Bielawskia Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1984 Leptothea Weise, 1898

Illeis is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are 12 described species in Illeis, found in south and southeast Asia, and in Oceania. ^[2]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Illeis:

Subgenus Illeis (Illeis)Mulsant, 1850

• Illeis flava (Pope, 1988)
• Illeis galbula (Mulsant, 1850)

Subgenus Illeis (Hibachi)Kitano, 2014

• Illeis amboinensis Timberlake, 1943
• Illeis bielawskii Poorani & Lalitha, 2018
• Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant, 1850
• Illeis chinensis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1978
• Illeis gressitti Bielawski, 1961
• Illeis luzonica Timberlake, 1943
• Illeis nevillei (Dohrn, 1882)
• Illeis ranamese (Bielawski, 1960)
• Illeis timberlakei (Bielawski, 1961)
• Illeis wyliei Ślipiński, Li & Pang, 2020

References

1. "ITIS report, Illeis" . Retrieved 2024-12-28.
2. Kitano, Takanobu (2014). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Egleis Mulsant, 1850 and a description of a new subgenus in the genus Illeis Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Studies and reports (taxonomical series). 10 (2): 489–494. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Illeis at iNaturalist
• Media related to Illeis at Wikimedia Commons