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Taxon profile

subspecies

7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata algerica Kovář, 1977

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  family Coccinellidae - ladybird beetles »  genus Coccinella »  species Coccinella septempunctata - 7-spot Ladybird

Scientific synonyms

Coccinella algerica Kovář, 1977

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Taxonomy

Romanowski et al. (2019) demonstrated that individuals from Canarian populations, usually classified as C. algerica, can hybridise with individuals from European populations of C. septempunctata giving rise to fertile F1 descendants.

Links and literature

EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Coccinella algerica Kovar, 1977]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012

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