Epipleuria

Epipleuria is a genus in the lady beetle family (Coccinellidae). It belongs to tribe Coccidulini of subfamily Coccidulinae, which is sometimes subsumed in the Coccinellinae as a tribe with the Coccidulini downranked to subtribe. As of 2005, two dozen species are known, all from the southern half of Africa.

The genus was only established in 2001, with the discovery of a number of beetles closely related to "Rhyzobius" epipleuralis but not actually part of the genus Rhyzobius.

Species

As of 2005, the species of Epipleuria are:

Epipleuria caputabdita FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria endroedyi FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria epipleuralis (Pope, 1957)
Epipleuria globosa FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria gussmannae FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria hirsutula FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria hirta FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria inexspectata FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria katbergensis FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria lapidaria FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria longissima FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria mahnerti FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria namaquaensis FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria natalensis FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria parcepunctata FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria parva FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria popei FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria punctillum FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria rufosuturalis FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria rugata FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria ruthmuellerae FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria saxicola FÃÂ¼rsch, 2007
Epipleuria trianguliloba FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001
Epipleuria ventricosa FÃÂ¼rsch, 2001

Footnotes

References

(2007): New species of Epipleuria FÃÂ¼rsch and Rhyzobius Stephens from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccidulini). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 44: 11Ã¢ÂÂ24. HTML abstract