Coccidula Explained

Coccidula is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are five species described in Coccidula.^[1]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Coccidula:

• Coccidula lepida LeConte, 1852 (snow lady beetle)
• Coccidula litophiloides Reitter, 1890
• Coccidula reitteri Dodge, 1938
• Coccidula rufa (Herbst, 1783)
• Coccidula scutellata (Herbst, 1783)

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Casey . Thomas L.. 1908. Notes on the Coccinellidae. The Canadian Entomologist. 40. 11. 393–421. 10.4039/Ent40393-11.
• Gordon . Robert D.. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93. 1. 1–912. 0028-7199.
• Gordon . Robert. Vandenberg . Natalia. 1991. Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Vandenberg . Natalia J.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . M.C.. Skelley . P.E.. Frank . J.H.. 2002. Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807. American Beetles. CRC Press. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 371–389. 0-8493-0954-9.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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Notes and References

1. Szawaryn. Karol. Nedvěd. Oldřich. Biranvand. Amir. Czerwiński. Tomasz. Nattier. Romain. 11 June 2021. Revision of the genus Coccidula Kugelann (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys. 1043. 61–85. 10.3897/zookeys.1043.65829. 34163295. 8213682. free.