Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829

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 : 462

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4E5B44DE-3703-4014-AACC-4D413D727306

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17895164

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18794-5477-FF95-FF2A-FC95F559C00C

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scientific name

Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829
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Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 View in CoL

Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829: 239 View in CoL ; Pope, 1981: 22; Gordon, 1987: 36; Tomaszewska, 2010: 10.

Rhizobius Agassiz, 1846: 325 View in CoL ; Korschefsky, 1931: 88; Blackwelder, 1945: 443; Pope, 1981: 22.

Lindorus Casey, 1899: 161 ; Pope, 1981: 22.

Nothorhyzobius Brèthes, 1924: 173 ; Gordon, 1994 b: 692.

Rhizobiellus Oke, 1951: 21 View in CoL ; Tomaszewska, 2010: 10.

Type species: Nitidula litura Fabricius, 1787 ; by monotypy.

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Rhyzobius lophanthae ( Blaisdell, 1892) [ new record for Brazil] ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 8–13 ).

Material examined. Rhyzobius lophanthae : “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, Aldeia, Cond./ Divinópolis, 1-31.x.2021,/ -7.963450°, -35.003673°,/ 100m, Grossi & Parizotto” “ Rhyzobius / lophanthae / ( Blaisdell, 1892)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [ DZUP 327240–327242]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, Aldeia, Cond./ Divinópolis, 1-31.x.2021,/ -7.963450°, -35.003673°,/ 100m, Grossi & Parizotto” “ Rhyzobius / lophanthae/ ( Blaisdell, 1892)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [ CERPE 1814–1816].

Comments. This genus has more than one hundred species, having a natural distribution across Africa, Asia, Europe and Australasia ( Tomaszewska 2010). This is the first record of Rhyzobius for Brazil, due to the occurrence of the exotic R. lophantae in NE Brazil.

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Loc

Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829

Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura 2025
2025
Loc

Rhizobiellus

Tomaszewska, W. 2010: 10
Oke, C. 1951: 21
1951
Loc

Nothorhyzobius Brèthes, 1924: 173

Brethes, J. 1924: 173
1924
Loc

Lindorus

Pope, R. D. 1981: 22
Casey, T. L. 1899: 161
1899
Loc

Rhizobius

Pope, R. D. 1981: 22
Blackwelder, R. E. 1945: 443
Korschefsky, R. 1931: 88
Agassiz, J. L. R. 1846: 325
1846
Loc

Rhyzobius

Tomaszewska, W. 2010: 10
Gordon, R. D. 1987: 36
Pope, R. D. 1981: 22
Stephens, J. F. 1829: 239
1829
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