Phaenochilus

Phaenochilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Chilocorinae
Tribe:	Chilocorini
Genus:	Phaenochilus Weise 1895

Phaenochilus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 10 described species in Phaenochilus. It is found in Southeast Asia, India, and Japan. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Phaenochilus:

• Phaenochilus albomarginalis Li & Wang, 2017
• Phaenochilus flaviceps Miyatake 1970
• Phaenochilus indicus Miyatake 1970
• Phaenochilus kashaya Giorgi & Vandenberg, 2012
• Phaenochilus metasternalis Miyatake 1970
• Phaenochilus mikado Lewis 1896
• Phaenochilus monostigma Weise 1895
• Phaenochilus punctifrons Weise 1895
• Phaenochilus renipunctus Chapin 1965
• Phaenochilus ruficollis Weise 1885

References

1. "Phaenochilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
2. Giorgi, José Adriano; Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2012). "Review of the lady beetle genus Phaenochilus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) with description of a new species from Thailand that preys on cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3478 (3478): 239–255. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.24.

Further reading

• Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN   0935-8196.
• Li, Wenjing; Huo, Lizhi; Chen, Xiaosheng; Ren, Shunxiang; et al. (2017). "A new species of the genus Phaenochilus Weise from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorini)". ZooKeys (644): 33–41. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.644.9825 . PMC   5242257 . PMID   28144183.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.