Scymnus castaneus

Scymnus castaneus

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 castaneus

Name

Scymnus castaneus Sicard, 1929: 180

• Type locality: India: Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

Synonyms

• Scymnus (Pullus) marathi Sathe & Bhosale, 2002: 113 (syn. Poorani, 2004: 186)

References

Primary references

• Sicard, A., 1929. Descriptions de quelques especes nouvelles de Coccinellides de la faunae Indo-Malaise. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (10) 3(14): 179–184. Full text PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Poorani, J. 2004. Notes on the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Indian subcontinent, including new synonymies. Journal of Biological Control 18(2): 185–187. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Sathe, T.V. & Bhosale, Y.A. 2002. Insect pest predators. Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. 169 pp. ISBN 8170352355 Reference page.