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Adira (beetle)
Genus of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adira is a genus of beetles in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2] It was first described by Gordon & Almeida, 1986 [3]
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Description
The genus is known only from the Americas, and Adira clarkii has been recorded on host plants of the Aristolochiaceae family.[4] It is morphologically similar to the Mada and Damatula genera.[5] Species grow between 4.5 and 6.3 centimetres in length, and the elytra are usually orange to brown in colour.[5]
Taxonomy
Adira contains nine species.[5]
- Adira clarkii (Crotch, 1874) - Brazil
- Adira gossypiata (Mulsant, 1850) - Bolivia
- Adira gossypioides (Gordon, 1975) - Panama, Colombia
- Adira inexculta (Gordon, 1975) - Bolivia
- Adira nucula (Weise, 1902) - Peru
- Adira obscurocincta (Klug, 1829) - Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
- Adira richteri (Gordon, 1975) - Colombia
- Adira subcincta (Mulsant, 1850) - Colombia
- Adira tomentosa (Mulsant, 1850) - Brazil, French Guiana
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