Harmonia quadripunctata

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: Coccinellini
Genus: Harmonia
Species: Harmonia quadripunctata

Name

Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763)

• Original combination: Coccinella quadripunctata Pontoppidan, 1763: 669
• Authority for current placement: Crotch, 1874: 3
• Type locality: Denmark

Synonyms

• Coccinella marginepunctata Schaller, 1783: 260 (syn. Crotch, 1874: 111)
  • Coccinella sedecimpunctata Fabricius, 1781: 100 (preocc.) (syn. Schönherr, 1808: 156)
    • Coccinella sedecimmaculata Thunberg, 1787: 34 replacement name for C. sedecimpunctata F.
  • Coccinella marginella Müller, 1776: 65 (ibid.)
  • Coccinella obliterata De Villers, 1789: 111 (preocc.) (syn. Mulsant, 1850: 89)
  • Coccinella albida Gmelin, 1790: 1646 (syn. Schönherr, l.c.)
  • Coccinella notata Olivier, 1791: 51 (preocc.) (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• Pontoppidan, E. 1763. Capitel XII. Om allehaande krybende og flagrende Dyr, Øgler, Slanger, Orme, Snegle og Muslinger, samt Insecter. Pp. 657–700 in Den Danske Atlas, Tom. I. Kiøbenhavn, 1763; 704 pp. Full text PDF Transcription Reference page. 
• Crotch, G.R. (†) 1874. A revision of the coleopterous family Coccinellidae. E. W. Janson, London. xv. + 311 pp. Internet Archive BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• de Villers, C.J., 1789. Caroli Linnaei entomologia, faunae suecicae descriptionibus aucta; D.D. Scopoli, Geoffroy, de Geer, Fabricii, Schrank etc. speciebus vel in Systemate non enumeratis, vel nuperrime detectis, vel speciebus Galliae Australis locupletata, generum specierumque rariorum iconibus ornata. Tomus primus. Lugduni (Lyon), Piestre et Delamolliere; xxiv + 765pp, 3pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum; exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma, auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin ediectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Carol. Ernest. Bohnii, Hamburg and Kiel, vol 1: VIII + 552 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars IV. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 1517–2224. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page. 
• Kovář, I. 2007: Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. Pp. 568–631 in: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Strenstrup. Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hallager: Havniae [=Copenhagen]. i–xxxii + 1–282 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Mulsant, E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d’Agriculture et d’Industrie, Lyon (2) 2: 1–1104. BHL Reference page. 
• Olivier, G.-A. 1791–1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Tome sixième. Paris: Panckoucke, 704 pp. BHL. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Schaller, J.G. 1783. Neue Insecten. Abhandlungen der Hallischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1: 217–328. Online Reference page. 
• Schönherr, C.J. 1808. Synonymia insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum &c. geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Zweiter Theil. Spercheus – Cryptocephalus. Carl Friedr. Marquard, Stockholm. ix + [1] + 424 pp. + 1 pl. BHL. Reference page. 
• Thunberg, C.P. 1787. Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis III. Donation. Thunbergianae 1785 continuat. I. Upsala, 33–42pp. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vierpunkt-Marienkäfer

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