Serangiini

Serangiini
Serangium parcesetosum adult
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Microweiseinae
Tribe:	Serangiini Pope, 1962

Serangiini is a tribe of ladybird beetles most notable for preying on whiteflies, an agricultural pest. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

Currently, Serangiini mainly inhabit tropical regions, with a few taxa residing in more temperate regions. ^[3]

Genera

• Catanella (Miyatake, 1961)
• Delphastus (Casey, 1899)
• Microscymnus (Champion, 1913)
• Microserangium (Miyatake, 1961)
• Pangia (Wang & Ren, 2012)
• Serangium (Blackburn, 1889)

References

1. Gordon, Robert D. (1977). "Classification and Phylogeny of the New World Sticholotidinae (Coccinellidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 31 (3): 185–228. ISSN   0010-065X.
2. Giraldi, Greissi Tente; Guerreiro, Julio César; Francisco, João Paulo; Prado, Evandro Pereira; Ferreira-Filho, Pedro José (2022-11-04). "First record of Delphastus argentinicus Nunenmacher (Coccinellidae: Serangiini) as a predator to whitefly in cassava crops". EntomoBrasilis. 15: e1009 –e1009. doi: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1009 . ISSN   1983-0572.
3. Szawaryn, Karol; Szwedo, Jacek (2018-12-01). "Have ladybird beetles and whiteflies co-existed for at least 40 Mya?" . PalZ. 92 (4): 593–603. doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0409-5. ISSN   1867-6812.