Epilachna varivestis

Epilachna varivestis

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: Epilachnini
Genus: Epilachna
Species: Epilachna varivestis

Name

Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, 1850: 815

• Type locality: Mexico
• Lectotype: CUMZ (designated by Gordon, 1975: 162)

Synonyms

• Epilachna corrupta Mulsant, 1850: 815 (synonymized by Crotch, 1874: 62)
• Epilachna genuina Mulsant, 1850: 817 (synonymized by Gemminger & Harold, 1876: 3815)
• Epilachna maculiventris Bland, 1864: 256 (synonymized by Blackwelder, 1945: 442)
• Epilachna toweri Johnson, 1910: 78 (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Blackwelder, R.E. 1945. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: i–iv, 343–550. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.185.3 . hdl: 10088/21280. BHL. Reference page. 
• Bland, J.H.B. 1864. Descriptions of several new North American Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3(2): 253–256. BHL 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. 
• Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1876. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. XII. Chrysomelidae (Pars II.), Languridae, Erotylidae, Endomychidae, Coccinellidae, Corylophidae, Platypsyllidae. Accedit Index Generum universalis. Monachii [= München]: Theodor Ackermann. Pp. 3479–3822 + [2 (Conspectus Familiarum; Addenda; Corrigendum)] + lxxiii (Index Generum universalis). BHL. Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. 1975. A revision of the Epilachninae of the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Technical Bulletin No. 1493. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 409 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Johnson, R.H. 1910. Determinate evolution in the color-pattern of the lady-beetles. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington No. 122. 104pp. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Mexikanischer Bohnenkäfer
English: Mexican bean beetle