Apolinus lividigaster

Taxonavigation

Apolinus lividigaster (male, length about 3.5 mm)

Apolinus lividigaster (larva)

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: Apolinus
Species: Apolinus lividigaster

Name

• Apolinus lividigaster (Mulsant, 1853)
  • Combination: Scymnodes lividigaster
  • Original combination: Platyomus lividigaster Mulsant, 1853: 286

Synonyms

• Ortalia wallacii Crotch, 1874: 276 (Syn: Poorani & Ślipiński, 2009)

References

Primary references

• Mulsant, E. 1853. Supplement a la monographie des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (2) 1: 129–333. BHL Reprinted as Opuscules Entomologiques 3: 1–205. 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. 
• Poorani, J. & Ślipiński, A. 2009. A revision of the genera Scymnodes Blackburn and Apolinus Pope et Lawrence (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Annales Zoologici 59(4): 549–584. DOI: 10.3161/000345409X484946 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jamieson, L.E.; Chhagan, A.; Curtis, C. 2009: Seasonal phenology of Australian citrus whitefly (Orchamoplatus citri) in New Zealand. New Zealand plant protection, 62: 69–75.
• Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• Pope, R.D.; Lawrence, J.F. 1990: A review of Scymnodes Blackburn, with the description of a new Australian species and its larva (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Systematic entomology, 15 (2): 241–252. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00315.x
• Richards, A.M. 1980: Defensive adaptations and behaviour in Scymnodes lividigaster (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of zoology, London, 192 (2): 157–168. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1980.tb04227.x