Microweiseinae

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Microweiseinae
Delphastus catalinae

Delphastus catalinae

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Superfamily : Cucujoidea
Family : Ladybird (Coccinellidae)
Subfamily : Microweiseinae
Scientific name
Microweiseinae
Leng , 1920
Serangium maculigerum

The Microweiseinae are a subfamily of the ladybirds (Coccinellidae). They are the smaller of the two subfamilies that the ladybirds have been divided into since 2007, and comprise only around 3.5 percent of the species in the entire family.

description

The species of the subfamily Microweiseinae are very small, they hardly reach a length of 1.5 millimeters. They are not as conspicuously colored as most of the other representatives of the ladybirds. Monochrome types in brown, olive and black dominate. The surface of the body is hairy. They often resemble the rotten wood beetles (Corylophidae) or some stubber beetles (Endomychidae) than the ladybirds. Thus Delphastus hirtulus made in 1901 to the Stäublingskäfern and came only in 2011, after a recent description, back to the ladybugs. In many species the head is retracted far into the prothorax or bent down towards the abdominal side.

distribution

The Microweiseinae are native to tropical and subtropical ecosystems. They are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, South America and southern North America.

Way of life

The types of microweiseinae feed as many other species of ladybugs in both the larval stage as well as adult animals of aphids and their larvae. Despite their small size, some species are used in biological plant protection. The species of the genera Serangium and Delphastus are used to combat various whiteflies , especially in greenhouses.

Systematics

According to the results of morphological and molecular biological studies, 23 genera with around 150 species belong to the Microweiseinae.

Genera and selected species:

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adam Ślipiński: Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) their Biology and Classification. ABRS, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra 2007, ISBN 978-0642568557
  2. ↑ Adam Ślipiński & W. Tomaszewska: Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). In: Richard AB Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel, John F. Lawrence, NP Kristensen (Eds.): Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Vol. 2. pp. 454-472, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2010, ISBN 978-3110190755
  3. ↑ a b Floyd W. Shockley & Natalia J. Vandenberg: Notes on the taxonomic identity of Bystus hirtulus (Kirsch) and transfer from Endomychidae to Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with designation of a lectotype for Alexia hirtula Kirsch. Zootaxa, 2868, pp. 62–68, 2011 PDF ( Memento of the original of September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / entomology.si.edu
  4. ↑ a b Hermes E. Escalona, ​​Adam Ślipiński: Generic revision and phylogeny of Microweiseinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) . Systematic Entomology, 37, 1, pp. 125-171, January 2012 doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-3113.2011.00601.x
  5. ↑ RD Gordon, J. Pakaluk, & SA Ślipiński Carinodulini: A new tribe of Sticholotidinae based upon a new genus and species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Coleopterist Bulletin, 43, 359-364, 1989
  6. ↑ Paweł Jałoszyński & Adam Ślipiński: Ruthmuelleria, a new genus of Carinodulini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Microweiseinae) from South Africa. Zootaxa, 3784, 3, 275-280, 2014

literature

  • Hermes E. Escalona, ​​Adam Ślipiński: Generic revision and phylogeny of Microweiseinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) . Systematic Entomology, 37, 1, pp. 125-171, January 2012 doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-3113.2011.00601.x
  • Adam Ślipiński & W. Tomaszewska: Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). In: Richard AB Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel, John F. Lawrence, NP Kristensen (Eds.): Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Vol. 2. pp. 454-472, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2010, ISBN 978-3110190755
  • AE Seago, JA Giorgi, J. Li, A. Ślipiński: Phylogeny, classification and evolution of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) based on simultaneous analysis of molecular and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60, pp. 137-151, 2011 doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2011.03.015