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Nephus voeltzkowi

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Species of beetle

Nephus voeltzkowi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Nephus
Species: N. voeltzkowi
Binomial name
Nephus voeltzkowi
Weise, 1910
Synonyms
  • Scymnus (Nephus) voeltzkowi (Weise, 1910)
  • Nephus seychellensis Sicard, 1912
  • Nephus alyssae Golia & Golia, 2014

Nephus (Nephus) voeltzkowi is a species of ladybug belonging to the family Coccinellidae naturally occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, Mascarene archipelagos, and the Azores islands, but also found in the United States (Florida). This species exhibits the first case of parthenogenesis in ladybugs.

Description

Nephus voeltzkowi can reach a length of 1.65 millimetres (0.065 in) and feeds on mealybugs. Elytra are black, each with one yellowish big oval spot. The body is oval-shaped with short fine whitish pubescence.

Parthenogenesis

Most known populations of Nephus voeltzkowi are bisexual, but several female-only populations were found capable of parthenogenesis.

References

  1. Magro, A.; Almeida, L.M.; Churata-Salcedo, J.; Hemptinne, Jean-Louis (2021). "New synonym of Nephus (Nephus) voeltzkowi Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with comments on the origin of a Neartic population and its possible asexual status". Zootaxa. 4949 (1): 198–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.13. PMID 33757004. S2CID 232339503.
  2. ^ Magro, A.; Lecompte, E.; Hemptinne, JL.; Soares, A.O.; Dutrillaux, Anne-Marie; Murienne, J.; Fürsch, H.; Dutrillaux, B. (2020). "First case of parthenogenesis in ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) suggests new mechanisms for the evolution of asexual reproduction". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58: 194–208. doi:10.1111/jzs.12339. S2CID 209588586.
  3. Magro, A.; Churata-Salcedo, J.; Lecompte, E.; Hemptinne, JL.; Almeida, L.M. (2020). "A new species of Nephus (Nephus) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) described from Reunion Island". ZooKeys (962): 123–137. Bibcode:2020ZooK..962..123M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.962.51520. PMC 7452912. PMID 32904313.
Taxon identifiers
Nephus voeltzkowi


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