Genus Illeis Mulsant, 1850

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• Illeis Mulsant, M.E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères Trimères Sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciencies Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, publiées par la Société nationale d'Agriculture, etc., de Lyon, Deuxième Série, 2: xv + 1-1104 pp (part 1 pp. 1-450; part 2 pp. 451-1104). [1026] [as subgenus of Psyllobora Dejean].

  Type species:

   Psyllobora galbula Mulsant, 1850 by monotypy.
• Leptothea Weise, J. 1898. Ueber bekannte und neue Coccinelliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 64/1(2): 225-238 [227].

  Type species:

   Psyllobora galbula Mulsant, 1850 by original designation.
• Egleis Mulsant, M.E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères Trimères Sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciencies Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, publiées par la Société nationale d'Agriculture, etc., de Lyon, Deuxième Série, 2: xv + 1-1104 pp (part 1 pp. 1-450; part 2 pp. 451-1104). [167] [junior homonym].

  Type species:

   Coccinella cincta Fabricius, 1792 by subsequent designation.
• Kiiro Kitano, 2014 [replacement name; for Egleis Mulsant].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection — part I. Hawiian Planters' Record, Honolulu, Hawaii 47(1): 7-67 [42] (for Egleis Mulsant)
• Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [167] (for Leptotheca Weise)

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S.M. 1979. Genera der paläarktischen Coccinellini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 75: 37-75 [63]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gulf Coastal (GUC), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), 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. [74-75] (Diagnosis, description and key to Australo-Pacific species)

General References

Crotch, G.R. 1871. List of Coccinellidae. Cambridge : Printed by the author 8 pp. [4] (full genus status)

Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S.M. 1979. Genera der paläarktischen Coccinellini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 75: 37-75 [63] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Illeis (Leptothea))

Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [167] (diagnosis, distribution)

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