Sticholotidinae

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Sticholotidinae
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Microfreudea cyclica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Sticholotidinae
Weise, 1901
Tribes

Cephaloscymnini
Plotinini
Shirozuellini
Sticholotidini
Sukunahikonini

Sticholotidinae was a subfamily of beetles in the family Coccinellidae (lady beetles). Phylogenetic analysis found the subfamily is not a clade and thus invalid. [1]

References

  1. Nedvěd, Oldřich; Biranvand, Amir; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Canepari, Claudio; Shakarami, Jahanshir; Fekrat, Lida; Zare Khormizi, Mehdi (2016-05-10). "An annotated checklist of Microweiseinae and Sticholotidini of Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)". ZooKeys (587). Pensoft Publishers: 37–48. Bibcode:2016ZooK..587...37B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.587.8056 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   4926707 . PMID   27408526.