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Scymnus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae

Taxonomy
Scymnus was named by Kugelann (1794). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scymniens, Scymnini.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dalatias by Jordan (1907).

It was assigned to Scymnorhinidae by Jordan (1963); to Coccinellinae by Zhang (1989); and to Scymnini by Barševskis and Lazdāns (2010), Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2006-03-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-09-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Scymnus Kugelann p. 545
1963Scymnus Jordan p. 602
1989Scymnus Zhang p. 141
2010Scymnus Barševskis and Lazdāns
2011Scymnus Bouchard et al. p. 380

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCoccinelloidea
familyCoccinellidae
subfamilyCoccinellinae
tribeScymnini
genusScymnus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Scymnus Kugelann 1794
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Subg. Scymnus (Pullus) Mulsant 1846
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Scymnus angulatus Förster 1891
Scymnus majori Lawley 1876
Scymnus triangulus Probst 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available