Revision of the genus Coccidula Kugelann (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Authors :: Karol Szawaryn
Tomasz Czerwiński
Amir Biranvand
Oldřich Nedvěd
Romain Nattier
Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
University of South Bohemia
Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS)
Islamic Azad University Shiraz branch
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB )
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)
Source :: ZooKeys 1043: 61-85, ZooKeys, Vol 1043, Iss, Pp 61-85 (2021), Zookeys, Zookeys, Pensoft, 2021, 1043, pp.61-85. ⟨10.3897/zookeys.1043.65829⟩
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Pensoft Publishers, 2021.
Abstract: The genus Coccidula Kugelann includes five species distributed in the Holarctic, with one species in North America and four in Palearctic region. Coccidula belongs to the tribe Coccidulini which historically was treated as a separate subfamily within ladybird beetles, but recent studies confirmed its placement as a tribe within the broadly defined subfamily Coccinellinae. All species are revised and a new synonymy of Lithophilus naviauxi Duverger with C. litophiloides Reitter is proposed. Light and electron microscopy pictures support morphological descriptions. An identification key to all species is also provided.