Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773)
(Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy")

Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy") may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy") may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHarmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy")
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy")

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brown, P. The Harlequin Ladybird Survey www.harlequin-survey.org
Roy, H., Rowland, F., Brown, P., Ware, R. & Majerus, M. 2005 Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird - a new invasive species British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 403-407.

Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy") may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Michie, L.J., Mallard, F., Majerus, M.E.N. & Jiggins, F.M. 2010 Melanic through nature or nurture: genetic polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity in Harmonia axyridis J. Evol. Biol. Vol 23: 1699-1707.
Staverløkk, A., Sæthre, M.-G. & Hågvar, E.B. 2007 A review of the biology of the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) NJE Vol 54 (2): 97-104.

Pathology

Haelewaters, D., Comont, R.F., Zhao, S.Y. & Pfister, D.H. 2014 Hesperomyces virescens (Fungi, Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) attacking Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in its native range Cin. Sci. Bull. Vol 59 (5-6): 528-532.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy"):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 36 images of Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy")
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