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| Cynegetis | |
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| Cynegetis impunctata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Epilachninae |
| Genus: | Cynegetis Dejean, 1835 |
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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:
- Cynegetis impunctata Linnaeus, 1958
- Cynegetis syriaca Mader, 1958
- Cynegetis chinensis Wang and Ren, 2014
Taxonomy
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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. 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.
Distribution
The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic region. 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. In Asia, countries of occurrence include China (Ningxia), Eastern Russia (Maritime Province), Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Turkey.
References
- ^ 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.
- 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.
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