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Illeis
Sign in to saveIlleis 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
Fungus-eating ladybird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyCoccinellidae
Observations8,237
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Collections
- AM, QM, CSIRO, NMV, MZLU, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Timor-Leste, Australia, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Coccinellini
- Image
- Illeis galbula.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Species
- Subgenus ''Illeis (Illeis)'' <small>Mulsant, 1850</small>
- Subgenus ''Illeis (Hibachi)'' <small>Kitano, 2014</small>
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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:
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