Paranaemia
| Paranaemia | |
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| P. vittigera, Yolo County, California, 2020 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
| Genus: | Paranaemia Casey, 1899 |
| Species: | P. vittigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Paranaemia vittigera (Mannerheim, 1843) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hippodamia vittigera Mannerheim, 1843 | |
Paranaemia is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There is one described species in Paranaemia, P. vittigera, the broad-striped lady beetle.[1][2][3] The broad-striped lady beetle is native to western North America.[4] Like other ladybugs, it preys on aphids.[5]
References
- ^ "Paranaemia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Paranaemia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Paranaemia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Species Paranaemia vittigera - Striped Lady Beetle". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Gardiner, Mary (2015). Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know about Beneficial Predatory Insects. Quarry Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-59253-909-3.
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.