Apolinus

Apolinus lividigaster (male, length about 3.5 mm)

Apolinus lividigaster (larva)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Coccidulini
Genus: Apolinus
Species: A. cribratus – A. irian – A. jaya – A. lividigaster – A. longicornis – A. rotundus – A. terminalis

[source: Poorani & Ślipiński (2009)]

Name

• Apolinus Pope & Lawrence, 1990
  • new replacement name for Platyomus Mulsant, 1853
  • Authority for current status: Ślipiński, 2007: 99
  • Original status: valid subgenus of Scymnodes
  • Type species: Platyomus lividigaster Mulsant, 1853
    • Fixation: automatic

Synonyms

• Platyomus Mulsant, 1853 [junior homonym]
  • Type species: Platyomus lividigaster Mulsant, 1853
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Pope & Lawrence (1990: 242)

References

• Pope, R.D. & Lawrence, J.F. 1990. A review of Scymnodes Blackburn, with the description of a new Australian species and its larva (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Systematic Entomology 15(2): 241–252. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00315.x Reference page. 
• Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Their biology and classification. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. ISBN 978-0-642-56855-7. Google books (preview) Reference page. 
• Poorani, J. & Ślipiński, A. 2009. A revision of the genera Scymnodes Blackburn and Apolinus Pope et Lawrence (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Annales Zoologici 59(4): 549–584. DOI: 10.3161/000345409X484946 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Nedvěd, O. & Kovář, I., 2012. Appendix: List of Genera in Tribes and Subfamilies, pp. 526-531. In: Hodek, I., van Emden, H.F. & Honěk, A. (Eds.) Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae), First Edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 561pp. ISBN 9781405184229 DOI: 10.1002/9781118223208 Full text Reference page.