Oenopia is an Old World genus of aphid-eating beetles in the Coccinellini tribe. The genus has been recorded in Europe, Russia, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia.
Description Oenopia species are diverse in appearance, with some possessing rounded, convex forms and others elongate and flattened. The genus is distinguished by distinct characteristics in the genitalia of both sexes.
Taxonomy Oenopia contains the following species:
Oenopia adelgivora Oenopia alesioides Oenopia baoshanensis Oenopia bennigseni Oenopia billieti Oenopia bissexnotata Oenopia chinensis Oenopia conglobata Oenopia cuneata Oenopia dequenensis Oenopia diabolica Oenopia doderoi Oenopia doublieri Oenopia dracoguttata Oenopia emmerichi Oenopia excellens Oenopia exclamationis Oenopia formosana Oenopia gracilis Oenopia guerini Oenopia guttata Oenopia herteli Oenopia hiekei Oenopia hirayamai Oenopia impustulata Oenopia kirbyi Oenopia krausei Oenopia latitegmina Oenopia lyncea Oenopia medogensis Oenopia mimica Oenopia mombonensis Oenopia montana Oenopia nigrolineata Oenopia octovittata Oenopia oncina Oenopia pusilla Oenopia quadripunctata Oenopia sanxiaensis Oenopia sauzeti Oenopia scalaris Oenopia sexareata Oenopia sexmaculata Oenopia shirkuhensis Oenopia signatella Oenopia smetanai Oenopia stylifera Oenopia takasago Oenopia tianquanensis Oenopia transversifasciata Oenopia zonata
Selected former species Oenopia cashmirense Oenopia cinctella Oenopia divergens Oenopia walteri Oenopia yunlongensis
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