Mulsantina | |
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Mulsantina picta | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
Genus: |
Mulsantina Weise, 1906 |
Mulsantina is a genus of ladybugs (family Coccinellidae), [1] found in North and Central America and in the Caribbean (Haiti). [2]
The genus was named by entomologist Julius Weise after Étienne Mulsant, [1] [2] who in 1846 and 1850 published monographs that were very important to the development of modern coccinellid taxonomy. [3] Mulsant had previously named this genus Cleis, but as this name was found to be already in use, Weise renamed it in Mulsant's honor. [2]
There are about nine species: [1] [2]