Exoplectra

Exoplectra
Exoplectra miniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Tribe:	Coccidulini
Genus:	Exoplectra Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837

Exoplectra is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.^[1][2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Exoplectra:

• Exoplectra aenea Fabricius, 1801
• Exoplectra amazonica
• Exoplectra angularis Mulsant, 1850
• Exoplectra angustifrons
• Exoplectra batesii
• Exoplectra bimaculata
• Exoplectra brasiliensis
• Exoplectra bruchi
• Exoplectra calcarata (Germar, 1824)
• Exoplectra coccinea (Fabricius, 1801)
• Exoplectra columba
• Exoplectra companyoi
• Exoplectra consentanea
• Exoplectra cruentipes
• Exoplectra drakei
• Exoplectra dubia
• Exoplectra fastidiosa
• Exoplectra ferruginea
• Exoplectra fryii Crotch, 1874
• Exoplectra fulgurata
• Exoplectra funebris
• Exoplectra gorhami
• Exoplectra heydeni
• Exoplectra impotens
• Exoplectra irregularis
• Exoplectra metallescens
• Exoplectra miniata Germar, 1824^[4]
• Exoplectra misahualli
• Exoplectra ruberrima
• Exoplectra rubicunda Mulsant, 1850
• Exoplectra santaremae
• Exoplectra schaefferi Gordon, 1985 (Schaeffer's lady beetle)
• Exoplectra spatularis
• Exoplectra stevensi
• Exoplectra subaenescens
• tibialis

References

1. "Exoplectra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Exoplectra". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Exoplectra genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Almeida, Lúcia M.; Corrêa, Geovan H.; Giorgi, José A.; Grossi, Paschoal C. (September 2011). "New record of predatory ladybird beetle (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) feeding on extrafloral nectaries" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 55: 447–450. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262011005000028. ISSN 1806-9665. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

Further reading

• Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN 0935-8196.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.