Zilus

Zilus
Zilus aterrimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Tribe:	Coccidulini
Genus:	Zilus Mulsant, 1850
Synonyms
ScymnillusHorn, 1895 ScymnillodesSicard, 1922

Zilus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Species of the United States

These species belong to the genus Zilus:

• Zilus aeneus (Sicard, 1922)
• Zilus aterrimus (Horn, 1895)
• Zilus atrox (Chapin, 1930)
• Zilus badius (Weise, 1929)
• Zilus barbosi Segarra, 2021
• Zilus bruneri (Chapin, 1930)
• Zilus caeruleicollis (Champion, 1913)
• Zilus caseyi (Chapin, 1930)
• Zilus cyanescens (Sicard, 1922)
• Zilus eleutherae (Casey, 1899)
• Zilus fulvipes (Mulsant, 1850)
• Zilus gilvifrons (Chapin, 1930)
• Zilus horni Gordon, 1985
• Zilus inexpectatus González & Aguilera, 2009
• Zilus iris (Chapin, 1930)
• Zilus lateralis (Casey, 1899)
• Zilus miroi González & Aguilera, 2009
• Zilus splendidus (Chapin, 1930)
• Zilus subtropicus (Casey, 1924)
• Zilus variipennis (Sicard, 1922)
• Zilus viridimicans (Sicard, 1922)

References

1. "Zilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Zilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN   0935-8196.