Scymnus blackburni

Taxonavigation

Scymnus blackburni

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: Scymnus
Species: Scymnus blackburni

Name

Scymnus blackburni Ślipiński, Pang & Booth, 2012: 684

• New replacement name for Midus pygmaeus Blackburn, 1892
• ZooBank: 01D79F80-FDFB-474F-9CAB-ED643C6BF4C9

Synonymy

• Midus pygmaeus Blackburn, 1892: 261

• Primary type: lectotype
  • Fixation: designated by Ślipiński, Pang & Booth, 2012: 685
  • Description: 'left specimen on mounting card'
  • Repository: SAMA
• Type locality: 'N.S. Wales'

References

• Ślipiński, A.; Pang, H.; Booth, R.G. 2012: Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales zoologici 62(4): 679-704. DOI: 10.3161/000345412X659731 Reference page.  [See p. 684, and figs. 1, 26, 33, 46, 112–118, 134]
• Blackburn, T. 1892: Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 15: 207–261. BHL Reference page. 

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