Scymnus calaveras

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: Scymnus
Subgenus: Scymnus (Pullus)
Species: Scymnus calaveras

Name

Scymnus calaveras Casey, 1899: 150

• Type locality: California

Synonyms

• Scymnus (Pullus) saginatus Casey, 1899: 150 (syn. Gordon, 1976: 159)
• Scymnus (Pullus) strenuus Casey, 1899: 150 (ibid.)
• Scymnus (Pullus) stygicus Casey, 1899: 151 (ibid.)
• Scymnus (Pullus) tenuivestis Casey, 1899: 151 (syn. Korschefsky, 1931: 156)

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Korschefsky, R., 1931. Pars 118: Coccinellidae. I. in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin, 224pp. Reference page.