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Henosepilachna Li 1961

Description

Henosepilachna Li, 1961

Henosepilachna Li in Li & Cook, 1961: 35; Gordon, 1987: 9–10; Jadwiszczak & Węgrzynowicz, 2003: 132; Kovár, 2007: 629, Szawaryn et al., 2015: 8; Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 53.

Subafissa Bielawski, 1963: 297; Jadwiszczak & Węgrzynowicz, 2003: 183; Szawaryn et al., 2015: 565.

Type species: Coccinella sparsa Herbst, 1786; by original designation.

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius, 1775).

Comments. The genus is native to Asia and Oceania (Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016). The record of Henosepilachna for NE Brazil is due to the occurrence of the exotic H. vigintioctopunctata (Oliveira et al. 2022).

Notes

Published as part of Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, pp. 451-495 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Li
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Henosepilachna
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Henosepilachna Li, 1961 sec. Duarte-De-Mélo, Almeida & Lima, 2025

References

  • Li, C. S. & Cook, E. F. (1961) The Epilachninae of Taiwan (Col.: Coccinellidae). Pacific Insects, 3 (1), 31-91.
  • Gordon, R. D. (1987) A catalogue of the Crotch collection of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology, 3, 1-46.
  • Jadwiszczak, A. S. & Wegrzynowicz, P. (2003) World Catalogue of Coccinellidae. Part I. Epilachninae. Mantis, Olsztyn, 264 pp.
  • Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Strenstrup, pp. 568-631.
  • Szawaryn, K., Bocak, L., Slipinski, A., Escalona, H. E. & Tomaszewska, W. (2015) Phylogeny and evolution of phytophagous ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), with recognition of new genera. Systematic Entomology, 40 (3), 547-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12121
  • Tomaszewska, W. & Szawaryn, K. (2016) Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - A Revision of the World Genera. Journal of Insect Science, 16 (1), 1-91. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iew082
  • Bielawski, R. (1963) Monographie der Epilachninae (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) der australischen Region. Annales Zoologici, 21 (17), 295-461.
  • Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae, xvi + 832 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510
  • Oliveira, F. P. C., Lima, M. S. & Silva, M. P. B. (2022) Assembleia de coccinelideos no estado de Alagoas. Diversitas Journal, 7 (1), 190-202. https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v7i1.1921