Epipleuria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Coccinellidae
Subfamily:
Coccidulinae (disputed)
Tribe:
Coccidulini
Genus:
Epipleuria

Fürsch, 2001
Type species
Rhyzobius epipleuralis
Pope, 1957
Diversity
24 species

Epipleuria is a genus in the lady beetle family (Coccinellidae). It belongs to tribe Coccidulini of subfamily Coccidulinae, which is sometimes subsumed in the Coccinellinae as a tribe with the Coccidulini downranked to subtribe. As of 2005, two dozen species are known, all from the southern half of Africa.[1]

The genus was only established in 2001, with the discovery of a number of beetles closely related to "Rhyzobius" epipleuralis but not actually part of the genus Rhyzobius.[1]

Species

As of 2005, the species of Epipleuria are:[2]

  • Epipleuria caputabdita Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria endroedyi Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria epipleuralis (Pope, 1957)
  • Epipleuria globosa Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria gussmannae Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria hirsutula Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria hirta Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria inexspectata Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria katbergensis Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria lapidaria Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria longissima Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria mahnerti Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria namaquaensis Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria natalensis Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria parcepunctata Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria parva Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria popei Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria punctillum Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria rufosuturalis Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria rugata Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria ruthmuellerae Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria saxicola Fürsch, 2007
  • Epipleuria trianguliloba Fürsch, 2001
  • Epipleuria ventricosa Fürsch, 2001

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Fürsch (2007)
  2. ↑ Wikispecies (2 May 2008), Fürsch (2007)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Epipleuria.
  • Fürsch, M. (2007): New species of Epipleuria Fürsch and Rhyzobius Stephens from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccidulini). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 44: 11–24. HTML abstract


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