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Cyrea Gordon & Canepari 2013

Description

Cyrea Gordon & Canepari, 2013

Cyrea Gordon & Canepari, 2013: 111; Canepari et al., 2016: 3; González, 2022: 347.

Type species: Cleothera (Cyra) quinquenotata Mulsant, 1850; by subsequent designation of Gordon et al. (2013).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Norte; Pernambuco.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Cyrea sue Canepari & Gordon, 2016; Cyrea maxine Canepari & Gordon, 2016 [new record] (Fig. 2).

Material examined. Cyrea maxine: “ NATAL / R. G. Norte [Rio Grande do Norte] Brasil / XI.1949 / M.Alvarenga leg.” [partially handwritten white label] “ Cyrea / maxine / Canepari e Gordon, 2016/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [DZUP 190017].

Comments. Cyrea is represented by 58 species in Brazil, and C. maxine is the second record of Cyrea for NE Brazil (Canepari et al. 2016).

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 455, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NATAL, R , R
Material sample ID
DZUP 190017
Scientific name authorship
Gordon & Canepari
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Foraminifera
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Cyrea
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cyrea Gordon, 2013 sec. Duarte-De-Mélo, Almeida & Lima, 2025

References

  • Canepari, C., Gordon, R. D. & Hanley, G. A. (2013) South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XV: Systematic revision of Dilatitibialis Duverger (Coccidulinae; Hyperaspidini). Insecta Mundi, 312, 1-91.
  • Canepari, C., Gordon, R. D. & Hanley, G. A. (2016) South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XVII: Systematic revision of the genera Cyrea Gordon and Canepari and Tiphysa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae: Brachiacanthini). Insecta Mundi, 486, 1-180.
  • Mulsant, E. (1850) Species des Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, Lyon, 2 (2), 1-1104. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8953
  • Gordon, R. D., Canepari, C. & Hanley, G. A. (2013) South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XII (lege XIV): New name for Cyra Mulsant, review of Brachiacanthini genera, and systematic revision of Cleothera Mulsant, Hinda Mulsant and Serratitibia Gordon and Canepari, new genus. Insecta Mundi, 278, 1-150.