Illeis
| Illeis | |
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| Illeis galbula, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
| Tribe: | Coccinellini |
| Genus: | Illeis Mulsant, 1850 |
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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. They genus contains some of the few species of Coccinellidae beetles to feed on fungi.
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Illeis:
Subgenus Illeis (Illeis) Mulsant, 1850
- Illeis flava (Pope, 1988)
- Illeis galbula (Mulsant, 1850)
Subgenus Illeis (Hibachi) Kitano, 2014
- Illeis amboinensis Timberlake, 1943
- Illeis bielawskii Poorani & Lalitha, 2018
- Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant, 1850
- Illeis confusa Timberlake, 1943
- Illeis gressitti Bielawski, 1961
- Illeis indica Timberlake, 1943
- Illeis koebelei Timberlake, 1943
- Illeis luzonica Timberlake, 1943
- Illeis nevillei (Dohrn, 1882)
- Illeis ranamese (Bielawski, 1960)
- Illeis shensiensis Timberlake, 1943
- Illeis timberlakei (Bielawski, 1961)
- Illeis wyliei Ślipiński, Li & Pang, 2020
Selected former species
- Illeis chinensis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1978
References
- ↑ "ITIS report, Illeis". Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Chan, Sow-Yan; Lau, Wing Lup (2022). "Biodiversity Record: A yellow spotless ladybird, Illeis koebelei" (PDF). Nature in Singapore. 15: 12. doi:10.26107/NIS-2022-0146. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
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.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Illeis at iNaturalist
Media related to Illeis at Wikimedia Commons
