Serangiini

Serangiini
Serangium parcesetosum adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Microweiseinae
Tribe: Serangiini
Pope, 1962

Serangiini is a tribe of ladybird beetles most notable for preying on whiteflies, an agricultural pest.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gordon, Robert D. (1977). "Classification and Phylogeny of the New World Sticholotidinae (Coccinellidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 31 (3): 185–228. ISSN 0010-065X.
  2. ^ Giraldi, Greissi Tente; Guerreiro, Julio César; Francisco, João Paulo; Prado, Evandro Pereira; Ferreira-Filho, Pedro José (2022-11-04). "First record of Delphastus argentinicus Nunenmacher (Coccinellidae: Serangiini) as a predator to whitefly in cassava crops". EntomoBrasilis. 15: e1009–e1009. doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1009. ISSN 1983-0572.