Propylea japonica

Propylea japonica

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: Propylea
Species: Propylea japonica

Name

Propylea japonica (Thunberg, 1781)

• original combination: Coccinella japonica Thunberg, 1781: 12
• Authority for current placement: Lewis, 1896: 30
• Type locality: Japan

Synonyms

• Coccinella dentata Thunberg, 1781: 23 (syn. Korschefsky, 1932: 531)
• Coccinella tetraspilota Hope, 1843: 64 (syn: Booth & Pope, 1989: 366)
• Harmonia dionea Mulsant, 1856: 140 (syn: Kovář, 2007: 623)
• Harmonia ambitiosa Mulsant, 1866: 72 (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• Thunberg, C.P. 1781. Dissertatio Entomologica Novas Insectorum Species. I. Upsala. 28pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Lewis, G. 1896. On the Coccinellidae of Japan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth series, 17: 22–41. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Booth, R.G. & Pope, R.D. 1989: A review of the type material of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) described by F.W. Hope, and by E. Mulsant in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford. Entomologica Scandinavica, 20(3): 343–370. DOI: 10.1163/187631289X00366 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Hope, F.W. 1843. Descriptions of the Coleopterous insects sent to England by Dr. Cantor from Chusan and Canton, with observations on the entomology of China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) 11(67): 62–66. BHL Reference page. 
• Korschefsky, R., 1932. Pars 120: Coccinellidae. II. in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin, 435pp: 225–659 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. 
• Mulsant, E. 1856. Additions et rectifications au tableau des Coccinellides publié en 1853. Opuscules Entomologiques 7: 135–156. BHL Reference page. 
• Mulsant, E. 1866. Monographie des Coccinellides. 1re partie: Coccinelliens. F. Savy, Deyrolle, Paris. Pp. 1–192, 195–294. Google Books Reference page.