Adira (beetle)

Adira is a genus of beetles in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2] It was first described by Gordon & Almeida, 1986 [3]

Adira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Epilachninae
Genus: Adira
Gordon & Almeida, 1986

Description

The genus is known only from the Americas, and Adira clarkii has been recorded on host plants of the Aristolochiaceae family.[4] It is morphologically similar to the Mada and Damatula genera.[5] Species grow between 4.5 and 6.3 centimetres in length, and the elytra are usually orange to brown in colour.[5]

Taxonomy

Adira contains nine species.[5]

  • Adira clarkii (Crotch, 1874) - Brazil
  • Adira gossypiata (Mulsant, 1850) - Bolivia
  • Adira gossypioides (Gordon, 1975) - Panama, Colombia
  • Adira inexculta (Gordon, 1975) - Bolivia
  • Adira nucula (Weise, 1902) - Peru
  • Adira obscurocincta (Klug, 1829) - Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Adira richteri (Gordon, 1975) - Colombia
  • Adira subcincta (Mulsant, 1850) - Colombia
  • Adira tomentosa (Mulsant, 1850) - Brazil, French Guiana

References
  1. "Genus Adira". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. "Adira Gordon & Almeida, 1986". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  3. Gordon, R.D.; Almeida, L.M. (1986). "New species and comments on Mada Mulsant, 1850, Pseudodira Gordon, 1976 and other Epilachninae (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the collection of the 'Universidade Federal do Parana' Curitiba, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 30 (2): 365–373.
  4. Katoh, Toru; Koji, Shinsaku; Ishida, Takahide A.; et al. (2014-12-01). "Phylogeny of Epilachna, Henosepilachna, and Some Minor Genera of Phytophagous Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Epilachnini), with an Analysis of Ancestral Biogeography and Host-Plant Utilization". Zoological Science. 31 (12): 820–830. doi:10.2108/zs140088. ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 25483794. S2CID 20190971.
  5. Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2016). "Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)—A Revision of the World Genera". Journal of Insect Science. 16 (1): 101. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew082. ISSN 1536-2442. PMC 5030074. PMID 27651424.
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