| Mulsantina | |
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| Mulsantina picta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Tribe: | Coccinellini |
| Genus: | Mulsantina Weise, 1906 |
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Mulsantina is a genus of ladybugs (family Coccinellidae), [1] found in North and Central America and in the Caribbean (Haiti). [2]
The genus was named by entomologist Julius Weise after Étienne Mulsant, [1] [2] who in 1846 and 1850 published monographs that were very important to the development of modern coccinellid taxonomy. [3] Mulsant had previously named this genus Cleis, but as this name was found to be already in use, Weise renamed it in Mulsant's honor. [2]