Illeis

Illeis
Illeis galbula, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Coccinellini
Genus: Illeis
Mulsant, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Anchilleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979
  • Bielawskia Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1984
  • Leptothea Weise, 1898

Illeis is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are 12 described species in Illeis, found in south and southeast Asia, and in Oceania.[2]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Illeis:

Subgenus Illeis (Illeis) Mulsant, 1850

Subgenus Illeis (Hibachi) Kitano, 2014

  • Illeis amboinensis Timberlake, 1943
  • Illeis bielawskii Poorani & Lalitha, 2018
  • Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant, 1850
  • Illeis chinensis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1978
  • Illeis gressitti Bielawski, 1961
  • Illeis luzonica Timberlake, 1943
  • Illeis nevillei (Dohrn, 1882)
  • Illeis ranamese (Bielawski, 1960)
  • Illeis timberlakei (Bielawski, 1961)
  • Illeis wyliei Ślipiński, Li & Pang, 2020

References

  1. ^ "ITIS report, Illeis". Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. ^ Kitano, Takanobu (2014). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Egleis Mulsant, 1850 and a description of a new subgenus in the genus Illeis Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Studies and reports (taxonomical series). 10 (2): 489–494. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • Citizen science observations for Illeis at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Illeis at Wikimedia Commons