Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Eyed Ladybird)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird)
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)
Records of Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird) :
1: Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird)
18 Apr 1976 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on Pine
Image 1: Anterodorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Anterodorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Anterodorsal view - in situ - enlargedImage 4: Anterodorsal view - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 5: Lateral view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Roy, H., Rowland, F., Brown, P., Ware, R. & Majerus, M. 2005 Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird - a new invasive species British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 403-407.

Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird)
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