Adalia (beetle)
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| Adalia bipunctata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Tribe: | Coccinellini |
| Genus: | Mulsant, 1850 |
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Adalia is a genus of ladybugs in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2]
Subgenera and species
- Adalia
- Adalia angulifera Mulsant, 1850
- Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Adalia deficiens Mulsant, 1850
- Adalia kuscheli Mader, 1957
- Adalia puetzi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986
- Adalia testudinea (Wollaston, 1854)
- Adalia tetraspilota (Hope, 1831)
- Adaliomorpha Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979
- Adalia conglomerata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Unplaced
- Adalia gratiosa Mulsant, 1866
- Adalia lenticulata (Gorham, 1892)
- †Adalia marginata Förster, 1891
- †Adalia subversa Scudder, 1900
Ecology and biogeography
Adalia bipunctata is present in Europe, Asia, North America and New Zealand. The species are predominantly aphidophagous, but also show cannibalism and prey on other ladybirds.
Adalia species are subject to parasitism by male-killing bacteria: invasion of one insect species, A. bipunctata, by two different male-killing bacteria, phorid and degeerid flies, as well as sexually transmitted Coccipolipus hippodamiae mites.
See also
References
Wikispecies has information related to Adalia.
- ^ Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist
- ^ Ponsonby, David J.; Copland, Michael J.W. (1997). "Chapter 2.2 Predators". Soft Scale Insects their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. World Crop Pests. Vol. 7. pp. 29–60. doi:10.1016/S1572-4379(97)80076-0. ISBN 978-0-444-82843-9.