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COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Coccinellidae Larva 29 June 2006 East Sussex England 2

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Adalia bipunctata (L., 1758) (Two-spot Ladybird) 2 12 4 2 10
Species Adalia decempunctata (L., 1758) (Ten-spot Ladybird)   17 4 2 1
Species Adonia variegata (Goeze) (Adonis’ Ladybird)         4
Species Anatis ocellata (L., 1758) (Eyed Ladybird)   5   2 7
Species Aphidecta obliterata (L., 1758) (Larch Ladybird)     3   4
Species Calvia quattuordecimguttata (L., 1758) (Cream-spot Ladybird)   1 8 1 4
Genus Chilocorus (a genus of ladybirds) 2        
Species Chilocorus bipustulatus (L., 1758) (Heather Ladybird)         4
Species Chilocorus renipustulatus (Scriba, 1791) (Kidney-spot Ladybird)   17 15   4
Species Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi, 1794) (a ladybird)         1
Species Coccidula scutellata (Herbst, 1783) (a ladybird)         1
Genus Coccinella (a genus of ladybirds) 4 30 21 1 14
Species Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (an Australian ladybird)         1
Species Exochomus quadripustulatus (L., 1758) (Pine Ladybird)   3     2
Species Halyzia sedecimguttata (L., 1758) (Orange Ladybird)   19 7 4 6
Species Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy") 2 26   2  
Species Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763) (Four-spot Ladybird)         4
Species Henosepilachna argus (a ladybird)       1  
Species Myzia oblongoguttata (L., 1758) (Striped Ladybird)         7
Genus Nephus (a genus of ladybirds) 1       3
Species Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777) (a ladybird)         1
Species Propylea quattuordecimpunctata (L., 1758) (Fourteen-spot Ladybird)   3     2
Species Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (L., 1758) (Twenty-two-spot Ladybird)   4   1 4
Genus Rhyzobius (a genus of ladybirds) 1        
Species Rhyzobius litura (F., 1787) (a ladybird)     2    
Genus Scymnus (a genus of ladybirds) 3       4
Species Stethorus punctillum (Weise, 1891) (a ladybird)       1  
Species Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (L., 1758) (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird)   5     16
Species Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (L., 1758) (Sixteen-spot Ladybird)   3     1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

UK Ladybird Survey: http://www.ladybird-survey.org/default.htm Web Site/Page
The London and Essex Ladybird Surveys: http://www.ladybird-survey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/londonla.htm Web Site/Page
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 Ladybirds
Pope, R.D., 1953 Coleoptera: Coccinellidae & Sphindidae
Rotheray, G.E., 1989 (Keys to larvae and to adults of aphidivorous species - better to use Majerus and Kearns "Ladybirds" in the same series.) Aphid Predators
van Emden, F.I., 1949 (Larvae) Larvae of British Beetles VII: Coccinellidae

COCCINELLIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

COCCINELLIDAE is associated with:

Photos Gastrophysa viridula - Green Dock Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is predator of larva Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Aphididae - a family of aphids (Homoptera) adult is predator of Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Photos larva Aphididae - a family of aphids (Homoptera) larva is predator of Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998

There may be more taxa associated with Coccinellidae listed at higher taxonomic level

INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with COCCINELLIDAE:

abdomen, imago abdomen of imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Medina separata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
adult (paralysed) paralysed adult may attract pupal cocoon Perilitus coccinellae - a braconid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) UK/Ireland Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 [spun between the legs of the host]
adult adult is endoparasitoid host of larva Perilitus coccinellae - a braconid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) UK/Ireland Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
inside of elytra, adult inside of elytra of adult is ectoparasitised by several female Podapolipus - a genus of mites (Podapolipodidae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
inside of elytra, adult inside of elytra of adult is ectoparasitised by several hundred nymph Podapolipus - a genus of mites (Podapolipodidae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
intestine, adult intestine of adult is endoparasitised by Parasitylenchus coccinellinae - a nematode Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of gregarious larva Tetrastichus coccinellae - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 [on aphid-feeding species]

Coccinellidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 Ladybirds

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