Illeis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Illeis
Illeis galbula, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Coccinellini
Genus: Illeis
Mulsant, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Anchilleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979
  • Bielawskia Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1984
  • Leptothea Weise, 1898

Illeis is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are 12 described species in Illeis, found in south and southeast Asia, and in Oceania.[2] They genus contains some of the few species of Coccinellidae beetles to feed on fungi.[3]

Subgenus Illeis (Illeis) Mulsant, 1850

These 12 species belong to the genus Illeis:

Subgenus Illeis (Hibachi) Kitano, 2014

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