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 |
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:
- de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
- 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.
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