Serangiini
| Serangiini | |
|---|---|
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| Serangium parcesetosum adult | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Microweiseinae |
| Tribe: | Serangiini Pope, 1962 |
Serangiini is a tribe of ladybird beetles most notable for preying on whiteflies, an agricultural pest.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]Currently, Serangiini mainly inhabit tropical regions, with a few taxa residing in more temperate regions.[3]
Genera
[edit]- Catanella (Miyatake, 1961)
- Delphastus (Casey, 1899)
- Microscymnus (Champion, 1913)
- Microserangium (Miyatake, 1961)
- Pangia (Wang & Ren, 2012)
- Serangium (Blackburn, 1889)
References
[edit]- ↑ Gordon, Robert D. (1977). "Classification and Phylogeny of the New World Sticholotidinae (Coccinellidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 31 (3): 185–228. ISSN 0010-065X.
- ↑ Giraldi, Greissi Tente; Guerreiro, Julio César; Francisco, João Paulo; Prado, Evandro Pereira; Ferreira-Filho, Pedro José (2022-11-04). "First record of Delphastus argentinicus Nunenmacher (Coccinellidae: Serangiini) as a predator to whitefly in cassava crops". EntomoBrasilis. 15: e1009–e1009. doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1009. ISSN 1983-0572.
- ↑ Szawaryn, Karol; Szwedo, Jacek (2018-12-01). "Have ladybird beetles and whiteflies co-existed for at least 40 Mya?". PalZ. 92 (4): 593–603. doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0409-5. ISSN 1867-6812.
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