Orcus (beetle)

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]

Orcus
Orcus bilunulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Chilocorinae
Tribe: Chilocorini
Genus: Orcus
Mulsant, 1850

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 cyancocephalus Mulsant, 1850 (Australia, New Guinea)
  • Orcus janthinus Mulsant, 1850 (Java, Sumba, New Guinea)
  • Orcus lafertei Mulsant, 1853 (Australia)
  • Orcus nigricollis Weise, 1902 (Key Islands, New Guinea)
  • Orcus nummularis (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
  • Orcus obscurus Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
  • 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)

References
  1. "Orcus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. Laczynski, Piotr; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010). "Revision of the Genus Orcus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini)". Annales Zoologici. 59. doi:10.3161/000345409X484955.

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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