Orcus (beetle)

Orcus
Orcus bilunulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Chilocorinae
Tribe:	Chilocorini
Genus:	Orcus Mulsant, 1850

Orcus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 18 described species in Orcus, found in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Java, Sumba, and the Kai Islands.^[1][2]

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Orcus:

• Orcus artensis Crotch, 1874 (New Caledonia)
• Orcus australasiae (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
• Orcus bilunulatus (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
• Orcus biroi Weise, 1902 (New Guinea)
• Orcus chujoi Bielawski, 1962 (New Caledonia)
• Orcus cinctus Weise, 1902 (New Guinea)
• Orcus citri Lea, 1902 (Australia)
• Orcus cordiformis sp. nov. (New Guinea)
• Orcus cyancocephalus Mulsant, 1850 (Australia, New Guinea)
• Orcus janthinus Mulsant, 1850 (Java, Sumba, New Guinea)
• Orcus lafertei Mulsant, 1853 (Australia)
• Orcus nigricollis Weise, 1902 (Key Islands, New Guinea)
• Orcus nummularis (Boisduval, 1835) (Australia)
• Orcus obscurus Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
• Orcus punctulatus Blackburn, 1892 (Australia, New Guinea)
• Orcus quadrimaculatus Gadeau de Kerville, 1884 (Australia)
• Orcus tetrafasciatus Laczynski, 2009 (New Guinea)
• Orcus viridulus Laczynski, 2009 (New Guinea)

References

1. "Orcus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
2. Laczynski, Piotr; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010). "Revision of the Genus Orcus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini)". Annales Zoologici. 59. doi:10.3161/000345409X484955.

Further reading

• Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN 0935-8196.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.