Clitostethus is a genus of dusky lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae, including over 40 species, many of which were formerly placed under the genus name Nephaspis.
| Clitostethus | |
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| Clitostethus arcuatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Scymninae |
| Genus: | Clitostethus Weise, 1885 |
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Selected species
edit- Clitostethus acutisiphonicus Peng, Ren & Pang 1998 [1]
- Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi, 1794) <ref name="m456">
- Clitostethus bawanglingensis Peng, Ren & Pang 1998 [1]
- Clitostethus bicolor (Gordon, 1982)
- Clitostethus brachylobus Peng, Ren & Pang 1998[1]
- Clitostethus cocois (Gordon, 1972)
- Clitostethus convexus (Nunenmacher, 1937)
- Clitostethus dispar Sicard, 1929
- Clitostethus gorhami (Casey, 1899)
- Clitostethus indus (Gordon, 1996)
- Clitostethus oculatus (Blatchley, 1917) (eyed lady)
References
edit- ^ a b c Yu, Guoyue; Montgomery, Michael E.; Yao, Defu (2000). "Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Chinese Hemlocks Infested with the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 54 (2). The Coleopterists Society: 154–199. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 4009532. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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