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Scymninae is a subfamily of beetles in the family

Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as the ...

. There are at least 170 described species in Scymninae.

Genera

* '' Acarinus'' Kapur, 1948 * '' Acoccidula'' Barowskij, 1931 * '' Andrzej'' Slipinski, 2007 * '' Aponephus'' Booth, 1991 * '' Apseudoscymnus'' Hoang, 1984 * '' Aspidimerus'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Axinoscymnus'' Kamiya, 1963 * '' Blaisdelliana'' Gordon, 1970 * '' Brachiacantha'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 (spurleg lady beetles) * '' Calloeneis'' Grote, 1873 * '' Clitostethus'' Weise, 1885 (=''Nephaspis'') * '' Crypticolus'' Strohecker, 1953 * '' Cryptognatha'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Cryptogonus'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Curticornis'' Gordon, 1971 * '' Cyra'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Cyrema'' Blackburn, 1889 * ''

Decadiomus ''Decadiomus'' is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Som ...

'' Chapin, 1933 * '' Diazonema'' Weise, 1926 * '' Dichaina'' Weise, 1926 * '' Didion'' Casey, 1899 * '' Diomus'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Erratodiomus'' Gordon, 1999 * ''

Helesius ''Helesius'' is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some e ...

'' Casey, 1899 * '' Heterodiomus'' Brèthes, 1924 * '' Hinda'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Horniolus'' Weise, 1901 * '' Hyperaspidius'' Crotch, 1873 * '' Hyperaspis'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 * '' Keiscymnus'' Sasaji, 1971 * '' Leptoscymnus'' Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1978 * '' Magnodiomus'' Gordon, 1999 * '' Midus'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Mimoscymnus'' Gordon, 1994 * '' Moiradiomus'' Vandenberg & Hanson, 2019 * ''

Nephus ''Nephus'' is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some e ...

'' Mulsant, 1846 * '' Parasidis'' Brèthes, 1924 * '' Pentilia'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Planorbata'' Gordon, 1994 * ''

Platynaspis ''Platynaspis'' is a genus of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. Species * ''Platynaspis bella'' Wollaston, 1864 (Canaries) * ''Platynaspis bisignata'' Mulsant (Madagascar) * ''Platynaspis capicola'' Crotch, 1874 (Africa, Indian Ocean islands ...

'' Redtenbacher, 1843 * '' Propiptus'' Weise, 1901 * ''

Pseudaspidimerus ''Pseudaspidimerus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great B ...

'' Kapur, 1948 * '' Pullosidis'' Fürsch, 1987 * '' Sasajiscymnus'' Vandenberg, 2004 * '' Scymniscus'' Dobzhanskiy, 1928 * '' Scymnobius'' Casey, 1899 * ''

Scymnus Scymnus of Chios ( grc-gre, Σκύμνος ὁ Xῖος; fl. c. 185 BC) was a Greek geographer. It was thought he was the author of the ''Periodos to Nicomedes'', a work on geography written in Classical Greek. It is an account of the world ( ...

'' Kugelann, 1794 * ''

Selvadius ''Selvadius'' is a genus of amber lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. ...

'' Casey, 1899 (amber lady beetles) * ''

Stethorus ''Stethorus'' is a genus of spider mite destroyers in the beetle family Coccinellidae. There are more than 40 described species in ''Stethorus''. Species These 49 species belong to the genus ''Stethorus'': * '' Stethorus aptus'' Kapur, 1948 * ...

'' Weise, 1885 (spider mite destroyers) * ''

Thalassa Thalassa (; grc-gre, Θάλασσα, Thálassa, sea; Attic Greek: , ''Thálatta'') was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology. The word may have been of Pre-Greek origin. Mythology According to ...

'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Tiphysa'' Mulsant, 1850 * '' Veronicobius'' Broun, 1893 * '' Viridigloba'' Gordon, 1978 * '' Zagloba'' Casey, 1899 (scalehunter lady beetles) * '' Zilus'' Mulsant, 1850 (velvethead lady beetles)

References

* "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico", Robert D. Gordon. 1985. ''Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1''. * Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". ''Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1'', 1–912. * Kuznetsov, Victor N. (1997). "Lady Beetles of the Russian Far East". ''Center for Systematic Entomology, Memoir No. 1'', xii + 248. * Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". ''Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2'', 779–1006. * Vandenberg, Natalia J. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807". ''American Beetles, vol. 2; Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea'', 371–389.

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