Genus Hippodamia Dejean, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hippodamia 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. [432].

  Type species:

   Coccinella tredecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Crotch, G.R. 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. London : E.W. Janson xv + 311 pp. [94].
• Adonia Mulsant, M.E. 1846. Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Sulcicolles-Sécuripalpes. Paris : Maison xxiv + 26 pp. + 280 pp. + 1 pl. [39].

  Type species:

   Coccinella mutabilis L.G. Scriba, 1791 by monotypy (= Coccinella variegata Goeze, 1777: 247).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

H. variegata introduced into Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)

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. [71-72] (Diagnosis and description)

 

General References

Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [164] (diagnosis, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	23-Apr-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
20-Mar-2012		01-May-2014	MODIFIED
17-Jun-2010		17-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		02-Jun-2010	MODIFIED