Hyperaspidini

The Hyperaspidini are a tribe of insects within the family Coccinellidae.

Hyperaspidini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Coccinellinae
Tribe:	Hyperaspidini Mulsant, 1846
Synonyms
Selvadiini Gordon, 1985

Genera

• Blaisdelliana
• Clavatus
• Clypeaspis
• Diazonema
• Erratodiomus
• Helesius
• Hyperaspidius
• Hyperaspis
• Magnodiomus
• Menoscelis
• Mimoscymnus
• Peruaspis
• Planorbata
• Prognataspis
• Selvadius
• Tenuisvalvae
• Thalassa

Genera placed in either Hyperaspidini or Brachiacanthini

• Brachiacantha
• Cleothera
• Cyrea
• Dilatitibialis
• Hinda
• Serratitibia
• Tiphysa

Systematics

Hyperaspidini has long been considered a tribe within the subfamily Hyperaspidinae. However, later research resulted in a new classification of the Coccinellidae, with only two (and later three) subfamilies. Under that system, the Hyperaspidini belong to the subfamily Coccinellinae. The tribes Brachiacanthini and Selvadiini were both considered synonyms of Hyperaspidini^[1], however, later authors have retained the Brachiacanthini as a valid tribe.