Species Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scymnus lophanthae Blaisdell, F.E. 1892. A new species of Coleoptera from California. Entomological News 3: 51 [51].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, USA, California, Coronado.
• Rhizobius toowoombae Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [254] [subjective synonym; as Rhizobius Toowoombae].

  Type data:

   Holotype Queensland, Toowoomba.
• Pullus coeruleipennis Sicard, A. 1909. Revision de coccinellides de la faune Malgache. II. Coccinellidae Aphidiphagae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 63-165 [139] [subjective synonym].
• Rhizobius unguicularis Weise, J. 1922. Coleoptera e collectione Bruchiana. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 94: 30-40 [39] [subjective synonym].
• Nothorhyzobius ruficollis Brèthes 1925. Sur une collection de Coccinellidae (et un Phalacridae) du British Museum. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 33: 145-175 [173] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Horn, G.H. 1895. Studies in Coccinellidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22: 81-114 [112] (for Rhizobius toowoombae)
• Bosq, J.M. 1952. Enumeración de predatores observados en la República Argentina (Coleopterós y Hemípteros). Publicaciones del Instituto de Sanidad Vegetal de Argentina A 8(54): 5-32 [15] (for Rhizobius unguicularis)
• Vinson, J. 1960. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Mauritius and Rodrigues. Part III. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 4: 131-196 [178] (for Pullus coeruleipennis)
• Gordon, R.D. 1994. South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part IV. Definition of Exoplectrinae Crotch, Azyinae Mulsant, and Coccidulinae Crotch; a taxonomic revision of Coccidulini. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 38(3-4): 681-775 [694] (for Nothorhyzobius ruficollis)

Generic Combinations

• Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892). —
  Pope, R.D. 1981. 'Rhyzobius ventralis' (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), its constituent species, and their taxonomic and historical roles in biological control. Bulletin of Entomological Research 71: 19-31 [22]
• Lindorus lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892).

Distribution

States

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

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