Genus Epilachna Dejean, 1836
- Epilachna 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. [460].
Type species:
Coccinella borealis Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Hope, F.W. 1840. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : Bowdery & Kerby Vol. 3 vi 191 pp. 3 pls. [157]. - Afissa Dieke, G.H. 1947. Ladybeetles of the genus Epilachna (sens. lat.) in Asia, Europe and Australia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 106(15): 1-183, 27 pls [113].
Type species:
Coccinella flavicollis Thunberg, 1781 by original designation. - Henosepilachna Li, C.S. in Li, C.S. & Cook, E.F. 1961. The Epilachninae of Taiwan (Col.: Coccinellidae). Pacific Insects 3(1): 31-91 [35].
Type species:
Coccinella sparsa Herbst, 1786 by original designation.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
General References
Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [182] (diagnosis, distribution)
Szawaryn, K., Bocak, L., Ślipiński, A., Escalona, H.E. & Tomaszewska, W. 2015. Phylogeny and evolution of phytophagous ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), with recognition of new genera. Systematic Entomology 40: 547–569
History of changes
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