Epipleuria

Epipleuria is a genus in the lady beetle family (Coccinellidae). It belongs to tribe Coccidulini of subfamily Coccidulinae, which is sometimes subsumed in the Coccinellinae as a tribe with the Coccidulini downranked to subtribe. As of 2005, two dozen species are known, all from the southern half of Africa.[1]

Epipleuria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Coccidulinae (disputed)
Tribe:	Coccidulini
Genus:	Epipleuria Fürsch, 2001
Type species
Rhyzobius epipleuralis Pope, 1957
Diversity
24 species

The genus was only established in 2001, with the discovery of a number of beetles closely related to "Rhyzobius" epipleuralis but not actually part of the genus Rhyzobius.[1]

Species

As of 2005, the species of Epipleuria are:[2]

Epipleuria caputabdita Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria endroedyi Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria epipleuralis (Pope, 1957) Epipleuria globosa Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria gussmannae Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria hirsutula Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria hirta Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria inexspectata Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria katbergensis Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria lapidaria Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria longissima Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria mahnerti Fürsch, 2001

Epipleuria namaquaensis Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria natalensis Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria parcepunctata Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria parva Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria popei Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria punctillum Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria rufosuturalis Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria rugata Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria ruthmuellerae Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria saxicola Fürsch, 2007 Epipleuria trianguliloba Fürsch, 2001 Epipleuria ventricosa Fürsch, 2001

Footnotes

1. Fürsch (2007)
2. Wikispecies (2 May 2008), Fürsch (2007)

References

• Fürsch, M. (2007): New species of Epipleuria Fürsch and Rhyzobius Stephens from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccidulini). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 44: 11–24. HTML abstract