''Serangium'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

in the

lady beetle Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as they ...

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

(Coccinellidae). The genus was described by

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

in 1889, working in Australia. It had 45 described species in 2011, mainly from the Oriental Region. In 2018,

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

s of two species assigned to the genus, ''S. twardowskii'' and ''S. gedanicum'', were described from

Baltic amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

age. ''Serangium maculigerum'', the citrus whitefly ladybird, is a predator of pest insects such as ''Orchamoplatus citri'', the Australian citrus

whitefly Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described. Description and taxonomy The A ...

Species

; extant * ''S. japonicum'' * ''S. maculigerum'' * ''S. montazerii'' * ''S. parcesetosum'' ; fossil * ''S. gedanicum'' (Szawaryn & Szwedo 2018) * ''S. kalandyki'' (Szawaryn 2019) * ''S. twardowskii'' (Szawaryn & Szwedo 2018)

References

Coccinellidae genera Taxa named by Thomas Blackburn (entomologist) Taxa described in 1889 {{Coccinellidae-stub