Phaenochilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Chilocorinae
Tribe: Chilocorini
Genus: Phaenochilus
Weise 1895

Phaenochilus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 10 described species in Phaenochilus. It is found in Southeast Asia, India, and Japan.[1][2]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Phaenochilus:

  • Phaenochilus albomarginalis Li & Wang, 2017
  • Phaenochilus flaviceps Miyatake 1970
  • Phaenochilus indicus Miyatake 1970
  • Phaenochilus kashaya Giorgi & Vandenberg, 2012
  • Phaenochilus metasternalis Miyatake 1970
  • Phaenochilus mikado Lewis 1896
  • Phaenochilus monostigma Weise 1895
  • Phaenochilus punctifrons Weise 1895
  • Phaenochilus renipunctus Chapin 1965
  • Phaenochilus ruficollis Weise 1885

References

  1. "Phaenochilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. Giorgi, José Adriano; Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2012). "Review of the lady beetle genus Phaenochilus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) with description of a new species from Thailand that preys on cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3478 (3478): 239–255. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.24.

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