Scymnus pesenkoi

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 pesenkoi

Name

Scymnus pesenkoi Ukrainsky, 2008: 452– replacement name for S. triangularis Gordon

• Type locality: Colombia: Valle, 33 mi W Cali, 1350m
• Holotype: male ♂, 21.iii.1955, E.I Schlinger & E.S. Ross coll., CAS

Synonyms

• Scymnus (Pullus) triangularis Gordon, 2001: 71 (preocc.)

References

Primary references

• Ukrainsky, A.S. 2008. Species names homonymy in the ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). II. Russian Entomological Journal 16(4): 451-452. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gordon, R.D., 2001. South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part VII: A systematic revision of South American Scymnus (Pullus) Mulsant (Scymninae: Scymnini). Frustula Entomologica, n.s., 23(36): 56-108. Full text PDF Reference page.