Delphastus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Delphastus.[1][2][3]
| Delphastus | |
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| Delphastus catalinae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Sticholotidinae |
| Genus: | Delphastus Casey, 1899 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
These 23 species belong to the genus Delphastus:
- Delphastus abditus Gordon
- Delphastus amazonensis Gordon
- Delphastus anthracinus Gordon
- Delphastus barti Duverger, 1986
- Delphastus berryi Gordon
- Delphastus catalinae (Horn, 1895)
- Delphastus celatus Gordon
- Delphastus chapini Gordon
- Delphastus collaris Chapin
- Delphastus dejavu Gordon
- Delphastus diversipes (Champion, 1913)
- Delphastus ecuadorensis Gordon
- Delphastus flavicollis Gordon
- Delphastus hirtulus Kirsch
- Delphastus huahuai Gordon
- Delphastus minutus Gordon
- Delphastus nebulosus Chapin, 1940
- Delphastus pallidus (LeConte, 1878)
- Delphastus pusillus (Leconte, 1852) (whitefly predator)
- Delphastus quinculus Gordon
- Delphastus sonoricus Casey
- Delphastus subtropicus Casey
- Delphastus violaceus Casey
References
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.