Thalassa (beetle)

Thalassa
Thalassa montezumae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Tribe:	Hyperaspidini
Genus:	Thalassa Mulsant, 1850

Thalassa is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least six described species in Thalassa. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Thalassa: ^[4]

• Thalassa flaviceps Mulsant, 1850
• Thalassa glauca (Mulsant, 1850)
• Thalassa korschefskyi (Milléo, Almeida & Gordon, 2004)
• Thalassa montezumae Mulsant, 1850 (Montezuma lady beetle)
• Thalassa pentaspilota (Chevrolat, 1853)
• Thalassa similaris Mulsant, 1850

References

1. "Thalassa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
2. "Thalassa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
3. "Thalassa Genus Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
4. Milléo, Julianne; Almeida, Lúcia; Gordon, Robert D. (2004). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera): part X: A systematic revision of Thalassa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 48 (3): 395–400. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262004000300016 .

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.