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Rhyzobius pelion Tomaszewska, 2010 (a species of ladybird)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Tomaszewska, W. (2010). Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a revision of the world species. Fauna Mundi Warszawa, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences 2: 475 pp. (as Rhyzobius pelion)

 

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Coccinelloidea

Family: Coccinellidae

Subfamily: Coccinellinae

Tribe: Coccidulini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: fully winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Tomaszewska, W. (2010). Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a revision of the world species. Fauna Mundi Warszawa, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences 2: 475 pp.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Rhyzobius pelion
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