Menochilus sexmaculatus(Fabricius)
last updated September 2007

Synonyms
Coccinella sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781: 96.
Coccinella quadriplagiata Schönherr, 1808: 195.
Orcus mollipes Oliff, 1895: 30.
Cheliomenes 6-maculata var. australisWeise, 1908:12.

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Species References
Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum exhibitiens eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kiloonii : Impensis Carol. Ernest Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp.

Mulsant, M.E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères Trimères Sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciencies Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, publiées par la Société nationale d'Agriculture, etc., de Lyon, Deuxième Série, 2: xv + 1-1104 pp (part 1 pp. 1-450; part 2 pp. 451-1104).

Oliff, S. 1895. Entomological notes ó a new friendly ladybird. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 6: 30-31.

Pope, R.D. 1989. A revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part 1. Subfamily Coccinellinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 2[1988]: 633-735.

Schönherr, C.J. 1808. Synonyma Insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum &c. geordnet. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Zweiter Theil. Stockholm : C.F. Marquard x + 424 pp. 1 pl.

Slipinski, S.A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) their biology and classification. ABRS, Canberra. 286 pp.

Weise, J. 1908. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. W. Michaelsen und Dr. R. Hartmeyer. Chrysomelidae und Coccinellidae. Jena : G. Fisher Vol. II(I) 13 pp.

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