Adalia is a genus of ladybugs in the family Coccinellidae.
Subgenera and species
- Adalia
- Adalia angulifera <small>Mulsant, 1850</small>
- Adalia bipunctata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Adalia decempunctata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Adalia deficiens <small>Mulsant, 1850</small>
- Adalia kuscheli <small>Mader, 1957</small>
- Adalia puetzi <small>Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986</small>
- Adalia testudinea <small>(Wollaston, 1854)</small>
- Adalia tetraspilota <small>(Hope, 1831)</small>
- Adaliomorpha <small>Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979</small>
- Adalia conglomerata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Unplaced
- Adalia gratiosa <small>Mulsant, 1866</small>
- Adalia lenticulata <small>(Gorham, 1892)</small>
- â Adalia marginata <small>Förster, 1891</small>
- â Adalia subversa <small>Scudder, 1900</small>
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.
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