Scymnus Kugelann, 1794
(a genus of ladybirds)

Interactions where Scymnus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Homalotylus flaminius a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Encyrtidae/Homalotylus flaminius/Homalotylus flaminiusa chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Scymnus/Scymnusa genus of ladybirds solitary larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989LadybirdsNaturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Scymnus (a genus of ladybirds) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Scymnus (a genus of ladybirds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Scymnus auritus
a ladybird
Species 1 trophisms
Scymnus nigrinus
a ladybird
Species 3 trophisms
Scymnus suturalis
a ladybird
Species 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusScymnus (a genus of ladybirds)
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scymnus (a genus of ladybirds)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pope, R.D. 1973 The species of Scymnus (s. str.), Scymnus (Pullus) and Nephus (Col., Coccinellldae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 109: 3-39.

Scymnus (a genus of ladybirds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scymnus (a genus of ladybirds):

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