Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Nephus (Bipunctatus) bisignatus (Boheman 1850)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Nephus Mulsant 1846 [genus]
Bipunctatus Fursch 1987 [subgenus]	(Fursch H. 1987)

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
bisignatus Boheman 1850 [species]	Scymnus
bisignatus Boheman 1850 [nominotypical subspecies]	Scymnus

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Suborder	Polyphaga
Infraorder	Cucujiformia
Superfamily	Cucujoidea
Family	Coccinellidae
Subfamily	Scymninae
Tribe	Scymnini
Genus	Nephus
Subgenus	Bipunctatus
Species	*bisignatus*
Subspecies	bisignatus
Subspecies	claudiae
Subspecies	ethesiacus

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Audisio, Prof. Paolo	group coordinator
Canepari, Dr Claudio	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Nephus (Bipunctatus) bisignatus (Boheman 1850)

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Genus synonyms:

Bipunctatus Fursch 1987 [subgenus]

Author	Year	Title	Source
Fursch H.	1987	Die Scymninae der Kanaren, Azoren und Madeiras.	Acta Coleopterologica. 3: 1-14.

Species synonyms:

bisignatus Boheman 1850 [nominotypical subspecies]

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