COCCINELLIDAE Latreille, 1807
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

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Species 2 subtaxa 16 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 2 subtaxa 36 images
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Species 5 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 3 images
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Species 3 images
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Species 9 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 37 images
Species 1 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 65 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 3 images
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Species 27 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 3 subtaxa 36 images 2 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 5 images
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Species 13 images
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Species 4 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 2 images 2 ident. refs
Genus 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 17 images
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Species 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beauchamp, R.L. & Angus, R.B. 2006 A chromosomal analysis of the four British ladybirds of the subfamily Coccidulinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society Vol 77: 18-27.
Brown, P. UK Ladybird Survey www.ladybird-survey.org
Brown. P.M.J., Roy, H.E. & Lewington, R. 2019 Hidden Treasures: recording Britain’s lesser-known ladybirds British Wildlife Vol 30 (4): 167-174.
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Mabbott, P. The London and Essex Ladybird Surveys archive.is/hWjQ8
() Majerus, M. & Kearns, P. 1989 Ladybirds Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
in the field Majerus, M. 2006 Ladybirds of the UK
Pope, R.D. 1953 Coleoptera: Coccinellidae & Sphindidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V, Part 7, 12pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Roy, H.E. & Brown, P. (Lewington, R. illust) 2018 Field guide to the ladybirds of Britain and Ireland 160pp, Bloomsbury Books

Larvae

in the field Anon. Larvae of UK Ladybirds
van Emden, F.I. 1949 Larvae of British Beetles VII: Coccinellidae Ent. Mon. Mag. 85: 265-283.

COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 136 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
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