Genus Micraspis Dejean, 1836
- Micraspis 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 striata Fabricius, 1792 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 Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects.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]. Type species:
Coccinella striata Fabricius, 1792 by subsequent designation, see Korschefsky, R. 1932. Pars 120: Coccinellidae. II. pp. 225-659 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk. [304].- Cisseis 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). [129] [junior homonym].
Type species:
Coccinella furcifera Guérin-Méneville, 1835 by monotypy. - Cissella Weise, J. 1895. Insectes du Bengale. 36e mémoire. Coccinellidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 39: 151-157 [153] [replacement name for Cisseis Mulsant].
Type species:
Coccinella comma Thunberg, 1781 by subsequent designation, see Crotch, G.R. 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. London : E.W. Janson xv + 311 pp. [175].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Korschefsky, R. 1932. Pars 120: Coccinellidae. II. pp. 225-659 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk. [304] (for Alesia Mulsant)
- Fürsch, H. 1964. Neue Gesichtpunkte zur Beurteilung des Gattungsnamens Micraspis Dejean (Col. Coccinellidae). Nachrichenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologie 13: 70-72 [71] (for Verania Mulsant)
- Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S.M. 1979. Genera der paläarktischen Coccinellini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 75: 37-75 [72] (for Cissella Weise)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widely distributed in Old World, Pacific and Australia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), 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) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Mallee (MAL) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, WA: Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)
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. [81-82] (Diagnosis, description and key to Australo-Pacific species)
General References
Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [172] (diagnosis, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2012 | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Jun-2010 | 17-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |