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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Parenthesis Lady Beetle (Hippodamia parenthesis)

Species Hippodamia parenthesis - Parenthesis Lady Beetle

Classification · Size · Range · See Also · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Coccinellinae
Genus Hippodamia
Species parenthesis (Parenthesis Lady Beetle)
Size
Length 3.75 to 5.60 mm, width 2.25 to 4.50 mm
Range
across the whole US and southern Canada and north through the Canadian Rockies to Alaska, except not found in south eastern and south central US, and most of Oregon and Washington(1)
See Also
According to Gordon (1), H. parenthesis west of the Mississippi is easily confused with H. lunatomaculata.
The tarsal claws must be examined with the tooth being "closely appressed" on H. parenthesis. East of Mississippi, no confusion.

Also, H. apicalis and H. expurgata can appear to have similar elytra markings, but H. parenthesis never has apical suture of elytron black.(1)
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico (Journal of the New York Entomological Society) Vol. 93, No. 1 (1985)
By Robert D. Gordon
Contributed by Joel Kits on 3 April, 2005 - 12:49pm
Additional contributions by Tim Moyer, Abigail Parker
Last updated 21 September, 2009 - 7:13am

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