Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Coccinellidae (Ladybirds)

Exochomus (Parexochomus) nigripennis Erichson, 1843

Synonyms and other combinations:

Chilocorus nigripennis Erichson, 1843 | Exochomus (Parexochomus) xanthoderus Fairmaire, 1864 |

  • Exochomus nigripennis 2693
    Exochomus nigripennis Erichson, 1843     
    Exochomus nigripennis, det. Gerhard Katschak
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2007-09-07 15:33:14
    Image number: 2693

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2007-09-07 15:33:14
    det. Gerhard Katschak
  • Exochomus nigripennis 2694
    Exochomus nigripennis Erichson, 1843     
    Exochomus nigripennis, det. Gerhard Katschak
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2007-09-07 15:32:28
    Image number: 2694

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2007-09-07 15:32:28
    det. Gerhard Katschak
  • Exochomus nigripennis 4503
    Exochomus nigripennis Erichson, 1843     
    Exochomus nigripennis
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-24 11:01:26
    Image number: 4503

    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
    2011-03-24 11:01:26
  • Exochomus nigripennis 2813
    Exochomus nigripennis Erichson, 1843     
    Exochomus nigripennis, det. Aday Bicho
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2008-02-11 14:59:39
    Image number: 2813

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2008-02-11 14:59:39
    det. Aday Bicho

Classification:
Exochomus nigripennis belongs to the subfamily Chilocorinae, tribe Chilocorini.
Distribution:
Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, Malta, Canary Islands, Afrotropical region, Near East.
Description:
3.8–4.2 mm; body oval and highly convex; elytra black, without metallic shine; lateral margin of elytra strongly edged, finely dotted; pronotum yellow/red.
Biology:
The species feeds on hemipterans of different families, such as Acanthococcus abaii (Eriococcidae), Agonoscena pistaciae (Psyllidae), Bemisia tabaci (Aleyrodidae) and mealybugs (Pseudococcidae).

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Amir Biranvand, Wioletta Tomaszewska, Wenjing Li, Vincent Nicolas, Jahanshir Shakarami, Lida Fekrat, Shahram Hesami: Review of the tribe Chilocorini Mulsant from Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 712: 43–68 (2017), doi: 10.3897/zookeys.712.20419, http://zookeys.pensoft.net.