Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Nephus (Nephus) quadrimaculatus (Herbst 1783)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Nephus Mulsant 1846 [genus]
Nephus Mulsant 1846 [subgenus]

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
quadrimaculatus Herbst 1783 [species]	Sphaeridium
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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	Nephus
Species	*quadrimaculatus*

Distribution

Experts

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

References

Accepted name:

Nephus (Nephus) quadrimaculatus (Herbst 1783)

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Genus synonyms:

Nephus Mulsant 1846 [subgenus]

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