Cynegetis

Cynegetis
Cynegetis impunctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Epilachninae
Genus:	Cynegetis Dejean, 1835
Species
C. impunctata C. syriaca

Cynegetis is a genus of Coccinellidae native to Eurasia. The genus was first established by Chevrolat in 1837, and contains only three species.

Species

Cynegetis contains three species:[1]

• Cynegetis impunctata Linnaeus, 1958
• Cynegetis syriaca Mader, 1958
• Cynegetis chinensis Wang and Ren, 2014

Taxonomy

Description

The species in the Cynegetis genus have oval and strongly convex bodies, well-developed spurs on all tibiae, and similar male and female genitalia.[1] These descriptions are similar to the Subcoccinella genus and are also similar in their larvae, which have similar shapes and armatures of their body walls.[1]

Distribution

The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic region.[2] In Europe, countries of occurrence include Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Western Russia.[1] In Asia, countries of occurrence include China (Ningxia), Eastern Russia (Maritime Province), Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Turkey.[1]

References

1. Wang, Xingmin; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Ren, Shunxiang (2014-10-20). "A new species and first record of the genus Cynegetis Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Epilachnini) from China". ZooKeys (448): 37–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.448.8342. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4233393. PMID 25408609.
2. Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2013-01-16). "Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)". Zootaxa. 3608 (1): 26–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24614446.