Adalia is a genus of ladybugs in the family Coccinellidae.Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist
Subgenera and species Adalia Adalia angulifera Mulsant, 1850 Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Adalia deficiens Mulsant, 1850 Adalia kuscheli Mader, 1957 Adalia simmondsi Kapur & Sudha Rao, 1962 Adalia testudinea (Wollaston, 1854) Adalia tetraspilota (Hope, 1831) Adaliomorpha Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1979 Adalia conglomerata (Linnaeus, 1758) Unplaced Adalia gratiosa Mulsant, 1866 Adalia lenticulata (Gorham, 1892) †Adalia marginata Förster, 1891 †Adalia subversa Scudder, 1900
Selected former species Adalia puetzi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986
Ecology and biogeography Adalia bipunctata is present in Europe, Asia, North America and New Zealand. The species are predominantly aphidophagous, but also show cannibalism and prey on other ladybirds.
Adalia species are subject to parasitism by male-killing bacteria: invasion of one insect species, A. bipunctata, by two different male-killing bacteria, phorid and degeerid flies, as well as sexually transmitted Coccipolipus hippodamiae mites.
See also List of Coccinellidae genera and species
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