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Scymnini
Sign in to savethumb|This Nephus species, like most Scymninae, is 1-2 mm long thumb|Cryptolaemus montrouzieri With aphids thumb|Larva of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri with wax secretions thumb|Striped dwarf pine ladybird (Scymnus suturalis) thumb|Tansy dwarf ladybug (Scymnus interruptus) thumb|Hop dwarf ladybug (Scymnus rubromaculatus) thumb|Black pine dwarf ladybug (Scymnus nigrinus) thumb|Ball ladybug (Hyperaspis reppensis) thumb|Redtenbacher dwarf ladybug (Nephus redtenbacheri) thumb|Four mottled dwarf ladybug (Nephus quadrimaculatus)
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Collections
- UHIM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Features
- Adults
- Larvae
- Life style and distribution
- Systematics
- References
- Further reading
thumb|This Nephus species, like most Scymninae, is 1-2 mm long thumb|Cryptolaemus montrouzieri With aphids thumb|Larva of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri with wax secretions thumb|Striped dwarf pine ladybird (Scymnus suturalis) thumb|Tansy dwarf ladybug (Scymnus interruptus) thumb|Hop dwarf ladybug (Scymnus rubromaculatus) thumb|Black pine dwarf ladybug (Scymnus nigrinus) thumb|Ball ladybug (Hyperaspis reppensis) thumb|Redtenbacher dwarf ladybug (Nephus redtenbacheri) thumb|Four mottled dwarf ladybug (Nephus quadrimaculatus)
The Scymnini are a former tribe of insects within the family Coccinellidae. The tribe is now considered a synonym of Coccidulini. This group includes many small species that are commonly known as dusky ladybugs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scymnini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.