Genus Cheilomenes Chevrolat, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cheilomenes Dejean, P.F.M.A. [Chevrolat, L.A.A. MS] 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. [3 edition, Fascicle 5]. xiv 503 pp. [435].

  Type species:

   Coccinella lunata Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Crotch, G.R. 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. London : E.W. Janson xv + 311 pp. [179].
• Chilomenes Crotch, G.R. 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. London : E.W. Janson xv + 311 pp. [179] [emendation; unjustified].
• Menochilus Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [40] [replacement name; for Cheilomenes sensu Mulsant, 1850].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Diagnosis References

Ślipiński, A., Li, J. & Pang, H. 2020. Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini). Clayton Sth, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Publishing pp.231. [26-26] (redescription and key to species)

History of changes