Nephus voeltzkowi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Nephus
Species:
N. voeltzkowi
Binomial name
Nephus voeltzkowi
(Weise, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Nephus alyssae Golia & Golia, 2014
  • Nephus seychellensis Sicard, 1912
  • Scymnus (Nephus) voeltzkowi Korschefsky, 1931

Nephus (Nephus) voeltzkowi is a species of ladybug belonging to the family Coccinellidae found in Sub-Saharan Africa, Mascarene archipelagos, and the Azores islands.[1] This species exhibits the first case of parthenogenesis in ladybugs.[2]

Description

Nephus voeltzkowi can reach a length of 1.65 millimetres (0.065 in) and feeds on mealybugs. Elytra are black, each with one yellowish big oval spot. The body is oval-shaped with short fine whitish pubescence.[3]

Parthenogenesis

Most known populations of Nephus voeltzkowi are bisexual, but several female-only populations were found capable of parthenogenesis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Magro, A.; Almeida, L.M.; Churata-Salcedo, J.; Hemptinne, Jean-Louis (2021). "New synonym of Nephus (Nephus) voeltzkowi Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with comments on the origin of a Neartic population and its possible asexual status". Zootaxa. 4949 (1): 198–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.13. PMID 33757004. S2CID 232339503.
  2. 1 2 Magro, A.; Lecompte, E.; Hemptinne, JL.; Soares, A.O.; Dutrillaux, Anne‐Marie; Murienne, J.; Fürsch, H.; Dutrillaux, B. (2020). "First case of parthenogenesis in ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) suggests new mechanisms for the evolution of asexual reproduction". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58: 194–208. doi:10.1111/jzs.12339. S2CID 209588586.
  3. ↑ Magro, A.; Churata-Salcedo, J.; Lecompte, E.; Hemptinne, JL.; Almeida, L.M. (2020). "A new species of Nephus (Nephus) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) described from Reunion Island". ZooKeys (962): 123–137. Bibcode:2020ZooK..962..123M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.962.51520. PMC 7452912. PMID 32904313.


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