Micraspis (beetle)

For the genus of fungi, see Micraspis.

Micraspis
Micraspis furcifera, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Coccinellinae
Tribe:	Coccinellini
Genus:	Micraspis Chevrolat, 1837
Synonyms [1]
Alesia Mulsant, 1853 Micraspis Hope, 1840

Micraspis frenata, Australia

Micraspis is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Micraspis, found mainly in Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Micraspis: ^[2]

• Micraspis aethiops Fürsch, 2002
• Micraspis afflicta (Mulsant, 1850)
• Micraspis allardi (Mulsant, 1866)
• Micraspis amoenula (Gerstäcker, 1871)
• Micraspis angolensis (Mader, 1952)
• Micraspis aphidectoides (Korschefsky, 1934)
• Micraspis bennigseni (Weise, 1903)
• Micraspis bidentata (Mulsant, 1853)
• Micraspis confusa Pope, 1988
• Micraspis discolor (Fabricius, 1798)
• Micraspis flavovittata (Crotch, 1874)
• Micraspis frenata (Erichson, 1842)
• Micraspis furcifera (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
• Micraspis guerini (Mulsant, 1850)
• Micraspis lineola (Fabricius, 1775)
• Micraspis striata (Fabricius, 1792)
• Micraspis unica Poorani, 2019
• Micraspis univittata (Hope, 1831)
• Micraspis vincta (Gorham, 1895)
• Micraspis yasumatsui Sasaji, 1968

References

1. "Micraspis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
2. "Genus Micraspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
3. "Micraspis". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-29.