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Rhyzobius ventralis

(Rhyzobius ventralis)

Description

Rhyzobius ventralis, common names including Black Lady Beetle, Gumtree Scale Ladybird, is a ladybird species endemic to Tasmania and all the mainland states of Australia except the Northern Territory. It is also found in New Zealand, but not naturally. The earliest New Zealand record is Auckland, 1898 (Kuschel, 1990: 60)

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Coccinellidae
Genus:Rhyzobius
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