Coelophora Mulsant, 1850

Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5728 (3), pp. 451-495 : 463

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scientific name	Coelophora Mulsant, 1850
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Coelophora Mulsant, 1850 View in CoL

Coelophora ( Lemnia) Mulsant, 1850: 374 ; Chapuis, 1876: 197; Korschefsky, 1932: 290.

Lemnia Mulsant, 1850: 376; 1866: 249; Crotch, 1871: 7; Timberlake, 1943: 30; Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979: 62; 1982: 218.

Coelophora Mulsant, 1850: 390 View in CoL ; 1866: 257; Crotch, 1871: 7; 1874: 148; Chapuis, 1876: 195; Korschefsky, 1932: 290; Timberlake, 1943: 31; Chazeau, 1978: 59; Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979: 61; 1982: 265; Gordon, 1987: 18–21; Pope, 1988: 662.

Microcaria Crotch, 1871: 7 ; Timberlake, 1943: 33.

Type species: Coccinella inaequalis Fabricius, 1801 ; by subsequent designation of Crotch (1874).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Paraíba; Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Coelophora inaequalis ( Fabricius, 1775) .

Comments. This genus has a natural distribution throughout Asia and Australasia ( Korschefsky 1932). The Coelophora record for NE Brazil is due to the occurrence of the exotic C. inaequalis .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Coccinellidae