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Tytthaspis

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Tytthaspis
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Genus: Tytthaspis
Crotch, 1874

Tytthaspis are a genus of ladybird beetles. They have comb-like structures on their mandibles with which they gather fungal spores.[1] The genus contains two subgenera (Barovskia and Tytthaspis) and the following species:

References

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  1. ^ A.F.G.Dixon. Insect Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ladybird Beetles and Biological Control.Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005