Protothea

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: Protothea
Species: P. aurea – P. decemguttata – P. firma – P. flavescens – P. limbata – P. melanaria – P. octoguttata – P. quadripunctata

Name

• Protothea Weise, 1898: 226
  • Type species: Protothea firma Weise, 1898 by monotypy

Synonyms

• Nedina Hoang, 1983 (syn. Poorani & Ślipiński, 2005)

References

Primary references

• Weise, J. 1898. Ueber bekannte und neue Coccinelliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Band I, LXIV: 225–238. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hoang, D.N., 1983. A new genus of lady beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Vietnam, pp 150-156. In: Fauna and Animal Ecology of Vietnam. Moscow. (In Russian) Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Poorani, J. & Slipinski, A., 2005. Notes on the genus Protothea Weise with redescription of P. quadripunctata (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini). Annales Zoologici 55(3): 329–333. ResearchGate Reference page.