Nipus

Nipus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least four described species in Nipus.[1][2][3]

Nipus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Tribe: Microweiseini
Genus: Nipus
Casey, 1899

Species

These four species belong to the genus Nipus:

  • Nipus biplagiatus Casey, 1899
  • Nipus niger Casey, 1899
  • Nipus occiduus Gordon, 1970
  • Nipus planatus Gordon, 1970

References

  1. "Nipus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Nipus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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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