Orcus (beetle)
| Orcus | |
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| Orcus bilunulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
| Tribe: | Chilocorini |
| Genus: | Orcus Mulsant, 1850 |
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Orcus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 18 described species in Orcus, found in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Java, Sumba, and the Kai Islands.[1][2]
Species
These 18 species belong to the genus Orcus:
- Orcus artensis Crotch, 1874 (New Caledonia)
- Orcus australasiae (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
- Orcus bilunulatus (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
- Orcus biroi Weise, 1902 (New Guinea)
- Orcus chujoi Bielawski, 1962 (New Caledonia)
- Orcus cinctus Weise, 1902 (New Guinea)
- Orcus citri Lea, 1902 (Australia)
- Orcus cordiformis sp. nov. (New Guinea)
- Orcus cyanocephalus Mulsant, 1850 (Australia, New Guinea)
- Orcus frommi Laczynski, 2012
- Orcus janthinus Mulsant, 1850 (Java, Sumba, New Guinea)
- Orcus lafertei Mulsant, 1853 (Australia)
- Orcus nietzschei Laczynski, 2012
- Orcus nigricollis Weise, 1902 (Key Islands, New Guinea)
- Orcus nummularis (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
- Orcus obscurus Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
- Orcus popperi Laczynski, 2012
- Orcus punctulatus Blackburn, 1892 (Australia, New Guinea)
- Orcus quadrimaculatus Gadeau de Kerville, 1884 (Australia)
- Orcus tetrafasciatus Laczynski, 2009 (New Guinea)
- Orcus viridulus Laczynski, 2009 (New Guinea)
Doubtful species
Orcus nepalicus was described from Nepal by Canepari in 2012, but it is thought to be a synonym of Chilocorus pakistanensis.[3]
References
- ↑ "Orcus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- ↑ Laczynski, Piotr; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010). "Revision of the Genus Orcus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini)". Annales Zoologici. 59. doi:10.3161/000345409X484955.
- ↑ Poorani, J. (2023). "An illustrated guide to the lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part II. Tribe Chilocorini". Zootaxa. 5378 (1): 1–108. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
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.
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