Stethorus

Stethorus
Stethorus punctillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Tribe:	Coccidulini
Genus:	Stethorus Weise, 1885
Synonyms
NephopullusBrèthes, 1924

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]}

Stethorus punctillum

Species

These 49 species belong to the genus Stethorus:

• Stethorus aptus Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus atomus Casey
• Stethorus balearicus Fursch, 1987
• Stethorus bifidus Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus brasilensis Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus brevis Casey
• Stethorus caribus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus caseyi Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus chengi Sasaji, 1968
• Stethorus comoriensis Chazeau, 1971
• Stethorus emarginatus Miyatake, 1966
• Stethorus fijiensis Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus fractus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant, 1850)
• Stethorus griseus , 1979
• Stethorus grossepunctatus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus gutierrezi Chazeau, 1979
• Stethorus hirashimai Sasaji, 1967
• Stethorus japonicus H.Kamiya, 1959
• Stethorus jejunus Casey
• Stethorus klapperichi Yu, 1995
• Stethorus loi Sasaji, 1968
• Stethorus mayaroi Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus micellus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus minutalus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus muriculatus Yu, 1995
• Stethorus murilloi Gordon
• Stethorus nigripes Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus parcepunctatus Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus pinachi Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus proximus Chazeau, 1979
• Stethorus pseudocaribus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus punctillum (Weise, 1891) (lesser mite destroyer)
• Stethorus punctum (LeConte, 1852) (spider mite destroyer)
• Stethorus pusillus (Herbst, 1797)
• Stethorus rani Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus salutaris Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus simillimus Gordon & Chapin, 1983
• Stethorus siphonulus Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus sylvestris Chazeau, 1995
• Stethorus tenerifensis Fürsch, 1987
• Stethorus tetranychi Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus tridens Gordon
• Stethorus truncatus Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus utilis (Horn, 1895)
• Stethorus vagans (Blackburn, 1892)
• Stethorus vinsoni Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus wollastoni Kapur, 1948
• Stethorus yezoensis Miyatake, 1966

References

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

Further reading

• Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN   0935-8196.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.

External links

• Media related to Stethorus at Wikimedia Commons