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patterns in ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)
Séverin Jouveau, Mathilde Delaunay, Régine Vignes-Lebbe, Romain Nattier
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Séverin Jouveau, Mathilde Delaunay, Régine Vignes-Lebbe, Romain Nattier. A multi-access identifi-
cation key based on colour patterns in ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Zookeys, Pensoft, 2018,
758 (758), pp.55-73. �10.3897/zookeys.758.22171�. �mnhn-02164609�
A multi-access identification key based on colour patterns in ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)
Séverin Jouveau
1,2,*, Mathilde Delaunay
1,*, Régine Vignes-Lebbe
1, Romain Nattier
11 Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sor- bonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France 2 INRA - UMR 1202 Biodiversité Gènes & Communautés, 69 route d’Arcachon, 33612 Cestas, France
Corresponding author: Romain Nattier (nattier@mnhn.fr)
Academic editor: M. Thomas | Received 9 November 2017 | Accepted 2 April 2018 | Published 14 May 2018 http://zoobank.org/9B684185-787B-4F79-81A4-32354633786F
Citation: Jouveau S, Delaunay M, Vignes-Lebbe R, Nattier R (2018) A multi-access identification key based on colour patterns in ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys 758: 55–73. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.758.22171
Abstract
An identification key based on French ladybird colouration is proposed for the tribes Chilocorini, Coc- cinellini, and Epilachnini. These tribes were chosen based on their relatively limited species diversity, as well as their large size and high colour diversity, making them easy to observe and collect. The identifica- tion key runs on Xper
3software, which allows the building of structured knowledge bases and online free-access keys. The online interactive Xper key is available at http://french-ladybird.identificationkey.fr.
Keywords
Citizen science, Coccinellidae, Coccinellini, Chilocorini, Epilachnini, France, interactive identification keys, ladybirds, Xper
Introduction
The identification of species is central in ecology, conservation biology, systematics, and related disciplines (species inventories and community studies, ecosystem manage- ment, establishment and improvement of environmental public policies, taxonomic
* These authors have equally contributed
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