Nephus ornatus ornatus

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: Coccidulini
Genus: Nephus
Subgenus: N. (Nephus)
Species: Nephus ornatus
Subspecies: Nephus ornatus ornatus

Name

Nephus ornatus ornatus (LeConte, 1850)

• original combination: Scymnus ornatus LeConte, 1850: 239
• Authority for current placement: Gordon, 1976: 280
• Type locality: Lake Superior

Synonyms

• Scymnus sanguinifer Casey, 1899: 155 (syn. Gordon, l.c.)
• Scymnus frosti Casey, 1924: 171 (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• LeConte, J.L. 1850. General remarks upon the Coleoptera of Lake Superior. Pp. 201–242 in Agassiz, L. Lake Superior: its character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other similar regions. Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln; 428 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, (28) Google books (snippet view) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae; with Appendix of Coccinellidae taken in equatorial and southern Africa during the Transit of Venus expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1882. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(2): 71–169. BHL Reference page. 
• Casey, T.L. 1924. Additions to the known Coleoptera of North America. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 11: 1–347. BHL Reference page.