Parastethorus histrio

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: Parastethorus
Species: Parastethorus histrio

Name

Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau, 1974): 269

Original genus: Stethorus Weise, 1885
Authority for current placement: Ślipiński, 2007
Original status: Valid species
Primary type: Holotype
- Fixation: Designated
- Description: [Adult] male
- Repository: MNHN
Type locality: [Réunion,] 'Cilaos'

Synonyms

Stethorus incompletus Chazeau, 1979: 300 [attributed in error to Whitehead, 1967, but this is a nomen nudum, as bibliographic reference must be to a published work]
- Authority for current placement: Houston, 1990: 275 ('New synonymy')

References

selected references

Chazeau, J. 1979: Mise au point sur le genre Stethorus en Océanie et description de deux espèces nouvelles de Mélanésie (Col., Coccinellidae). Entomophaga, 24(3): 295–303. DOI: 10.1007/BF02374244 [In French, with English summary] Reference page.
Chazeau, J,, Étienne, J. & Fürsch, H. 1974. Les Coccinellidae de l'île de La Réunion (Insecta Coleoptera). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Series 3 210: 265-297. BHL Reference page.
Houston, K.J. 1980: A revision of the Australian species of Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19(2): 81–91. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1980.tb00968.x Reference page.
Houston, K.J. 1990: The New Zealand species of Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 17(2): 271–278. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1990.10422602 Reference page.
Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X. PDF. Reference page.
Whitehead, V.B. 1967: The validity of the higher taxonomic categories in the tribe Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Dissertation abstracts, B 28(4): 1564–1565. [not seen]
Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Their biology and classification. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. ISBN 978-0-642-56855-7. Google books (preview) Reference page.

Additional references

Gordon, R.D.; Chapin, E.A. 1983: A revision of the New World species of Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 109(3): 229–276. JSTOR
Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page. PDF. Reference page. [424, listed in error as a New Zealand endemic]