Axion (beetle)
| Axion | |
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| Pinned specimen of Axion tripustulatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Tribe: | Chilocorini |
| Genus: | Axion Mulsant, 1850 |
Axion is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least two described species in Axion.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]- Axion plagiatum (Olivier, 1808)
- Axion tripustulatum (De Geer, 1775) (three-spotted lady beetle)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Axion Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ↑ "Axion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ↑ "Axion Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
- Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1).
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