Cryptognatha

Cryptognatha is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least three described species in Cryptognatha.[1][2][3]

Cryptognatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Scymninae
Genus: Cryptognatha
Mulsant, 1850

Species

These three species belong to the genus Cryptognatha:

  • Cryptognatha auriculata Mulsant, 1850
  • Cryptognatha gemelata Mulsant, 1850
  • Cryptognatha nodiceps Marshall, 1912 (coconut scale predator)

References

  1. "Cryptognatha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Cryptognatha". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

  • Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN 0935-8196.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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