coccinelloid

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Coccinelloidea

Noun

coccinelloid (plural coccinelloids)

1. Any beetle of the superfamily Coccinelloidea.
   • 2022 November 24, Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Wioletta Tomaszewska, Karol Szawaryn, James Robertson, Matthias Seidel, Adam Ślipiński, Martin Fikáček, “The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence”, in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‎^[1]:

     Based on that phylogenetic hypothesis, the taxonomic definitions of many coccinelloid groups were reconsidered.

   • (Can we date this quote?), James A. Robertson, “Figure 1”, in ResearchGate‎^[2]:

     Habitus photographs of cucujoid (A–H), cleroid (I) and coccinelloid (J–L) taxa.

   • 2022 March 8, Pawe Jaoszyski, Adam Lipiski, “Revision of the family Murmidiidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea)”, in PubMed‎^[3]:

     The coccinelloid (Cucujiformia) family Murmidiidae is revised.

   • 2017 June 26, Hermes E. Escalona, Andreas Zwick, Hao-Sen Li, Jiahui Li, Xingmin Wang, Hong Pang, Diana Hartley, Lars S. Jermiin, Oldřich Nedvěd, Bernhard Misof, Oliver Niehuis, Adam Ślipiński, Wioletta Tomaszewska, “Molecular phylogeny reveals food plasticity in the evolution of true ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4]:

     Coccinellidae, which comprises 360 genera and about 6000 species world-wide, is by far the largest family of coccinelloid beetles and, with the notable exception of the parasitic Bothrideridae, the only predominantly predatory lineage of Coccinelloidea.