Catalogue of West African Coccinellidae

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020

This work provides a preliminary inventory of West African Coccinellidae. This was based on the West African Coccinellidae (WAC) specimens in the holdings of insect collections at the Laboratoire de Zoologie des Invertébrés Terrestres at the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop (IFAN), Senegal and the Biodiversity Center at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITAB), Benin.

Background This work provides a preliminary inventory of West African Coccinellidae.

ZooKeys

An updated and corrected checklist of species of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) known in Algeria now contains 75 species belonging in ten tribes. New country records include the European species Oenopiaconglobata and the invasive Asian species Harmoniaaxyridis. Sampling data is provided for 14 species found during a faunistic survey performed mostly in agroecosystems, together with host plant and prey species.

Checklist, 2020

The members of Coccinellidae are among the most important biological control agents being used throughout the world. The objective of this study was to provide the current scenario of this family in Saudi Arabia. Collection surveys of ladybird individuals were conducted throughout Saudi Arabia. A total of 5400 specimens of Coccinellidae were collected belonging to 51 species in 19 genera and seven tribes: Sticholotidini (2 genera / 10 species), Coccidulini (1/3), Scymnini (4/24), Diomini (1/1), Hyperaspidini (1/3), Chilocorini (3/8), Noviini (1/3), Coccinellini (8/11), Epilachnini (2/2). One genus, Clitostethus, and eight species and subspecies,

Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 2015

The genus Cosmopterix Hübner, [1825] of continental Sub-Saharan Africa is revised. A total of 77 species are recognized and 56 species are described as new. Of eight new species, all known only from females, the validity of the species cannot be confirmed with certainty. Four new synonyms are proposed. Diagnoses, descriptions, and type information are provided for each species. Watercolours of the adults, line drawings of the wing venation, the male and the female genitalia and a key to the species are included, as well as distribution maps.

Preliminary annotated bibliography of the Lepidoptera of Africa Continent based upon the info-system of the Cesa.-Cesa Publ. on African Lepid. 26: 1-302. In this paper selected publications on African Lepidoptera are evaluated and listed. For this purpose contents of publications numerically evaluated in connection with 19 themes. Brief references for selected 20 families, separately for selected 20 states of Africa are given. Finally, an annotated bibliography composed of 2275 items are listed alphabetically.

Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research, 2016

Ladybird beetles belong to family Coccinellidae and are important group of beetles because they are important universal predatory and occupies important place in biological control. In present study, a survey was conducted to explore the ladybird beetles from Azad Jammu and Kashmir during 2009-2011. A total of 13 species of Ladybird beetle under eleven genera and three subfamilies (Subfamily Chilocorinae, Subfamily Coccinellini and Subfamily Epilachnini) were collected. These species were Brumoidus suturalis, Coccinella septempunctata, Coccinella transversalis,

2017

Faunistical description of ladybird assemblages from the canopies of agricultural plants and orchard trees in northeastern Iran and determination of the indicator ladybird species that are representative of the region are the main goals of this survey. In total, 21 coccinellid species belonging to 16 genera were collected and identified. One previously recorded species (Bulaea lichatschovii (Hummel, 1827)) was not confirmed. Global distribution, list of known host plants, and prey species are provided for each species, along with latitude, longitude, altitude, and sampling methodology. Multivariate analysis of ladybird species assemblages composition and environmental variables (canonical correspondence analysis, CCA) showed that most ladybird species analysed did not express any strong preference for the environmental variables mainly because of intercorrelated characteristics of sampling localities. Seasonality was clear in three species; Adalia decempunctata was the earliest spring species while Coccinella septempunctata and Vibidia duodecimguttata were abundant at the end of season. Although analysis of food webs showed that twenty one collected ladybird species were directly connected to 30 host plant species, this does not represent specific food relationships because prey species of predatory ladybirds were not sampled and identified. Instead, this may probably be interpreted as choice of microhabitats.

In S. Bager Charleson & A. McBeath (Eds.), Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed methods Research. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 247-266. ISBN 9783031139413., 2023

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