Tytthaspis

Tytthaspis
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Genus:
Crotch, 1874

Tytthaspis are a genus of ladybird beetles. They have comb-like structures on their mandibles with which they gather fungal spores.[1] The genus contains two subgenera (Barovskia and Tytthaspis) and the following species:

  • Tytthaspis gebleri (=Tytthaspis lineola)
  • Tytthaspis phalerata
  • Tytthaspis sedecimguttata
  • Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (=Tytthaspis 16-punctata)
  • Tytthaspis 19-guttata
  • Tytthaspis trilineata (see Coccinella nigrovittata)
  • Tytthaspis univittata (see Pseudoverania univittata)

References

  1. ^ A.F.G.Dixon. Insect Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ladybird Beetles and Biological Control.Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005


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