Adalia (beetle)

Adalia
Adalia bipunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Tribe:	Coccinellini
Genus:	Adalia Mulsant, 1850
Synonyms
Idalia Mulsant, 1846 (preocc.) Arrowella Brèthes, 1925

Adalia is a genus of ladybugs in the family Coccinellidae.^[1][2]

Subgenera and species

• Adalia
  • Adalia angulifera Mulsant, 1850
  • Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Adalia deficiens Mulsant, 1850
  • Adalia kuscheli Mader, 1957
  • Adalia puetzi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986
  • Adalia testudinea (Wollaston, 1854)
  • Adalia tetraspilota (Hope, 1831)
• Adaliomorpha Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979
  • Adalia conglomerata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Unplaced
  • Adalia gratiosa Mulsant, 1866
  • Adalia lenticulata (Gorham, 1892)
  • †Adalia marginata Förster, 1891
  • †Adalia subversa Scudder, 1900

Ecology and biogeography

Adalia bipunctata is present in Europe, Asia, North America and New Zealand. The species are predominantly aphidophagous, but also show cannibalism and prey on other ladybirds.

Adalia species are subject to parasitism by male-killing bacteria: invasion of one insect species, A. bipunctata, by two different male-killing bacteria, phorid and degeerid flies, as well as sexually transmitted Coccipolipus hippodamiae mites.

See also

• List of Coccinellidae genera and species

References

1. Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Ponsonby, David J.; Copland, Michael J.W. (1997). "Chapter 2.2 Predators". Soft Scale Insects their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. World Crop Pests. Vol. 7. pp. 29–60. doi:10.1016/S1572-4379(97)80076-0. ISBN 978-0-444-82843-9.