Stethorus

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Stethorus
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Stethorus punctillum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Scymninae
Genus: Stethorus
Weise, 1885

Stethorus is a genus of spider mite destroyers in the beetle family Coccinellidae. There are more than 40 described species in Stethorus. [1] [2] [3]

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Stethorus punctillum

Species

These 49 species belong to the genus Stethorus:

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References

  1. "Stethorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Stethorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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