Species Rhyzobius ventralis (Erichson, 1842)
Black Lady Beetle, Gumtree Scale Ladybird
- Scymnus ventralis Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [239].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tasmania. - Scymnus restitutor Sharp, D. 1889. Two new species of Scymnus. Insect Life (Washington DC) 1: 364-365 [364] [subjective synonym].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Scymnus halli Broun, T. 1914. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute 1(iii): 143-266 [265] [subjective synonym].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Koebele, A. 1890. Report of the fluted scale of the orange and its natural enemies in Australia. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Entomology 21: 9-32 [14] (for Scymnus restitutor Sharp)
- 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 [23]
Generic Combinations
- Rhizobius ventralis (Erichson, 1842). —
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). [1005]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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