Adira

Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Epilachnini
Genus: Adira
Species (9): A. clarkii – A. gossypiata – A. gossypioides – A. inexculta – A. nucula – A. obscurocincta – A. richteri – A. subcincta – A. tomentosa
Name

Adira Gordon & Almeida, 1986

Type species: Coccinella obscurocincta Klug 1829
Synonyms

Dira Mulsant, 1850 (nec Gistl, 1848)

References

Gordon R.D. & Almeida L.M. 1986: New species and comments on Mada Mulsant, 1850, Pseudodira Gordon, 1976 and other Epilachninae (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the collection of the 'Universidade Federal do Parana', Curitiba, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 30(2): 365–373. Reference page.
Jadwiszczak, A.S. & Węgrzynowicz, P., 2003. World Catalogue of Coccinellidae. Part I - Epilachninae. 264pp. Mantis, Olsztyn. Full text Reference page.