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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Hyperaspidius » Wolcott's Lady Beetle (Hyperaspidius wolcotti)

Species Hyperaspidius wolcotti - Wolcott's Lady Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Hyperaspidius wolcotti
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Scymninae
Tribe Hyperaspidini
Genus Hyperaspidius
Species wolcotti (Wolcott's Lady Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyperaspidius wolcotti (Nunemacher)
Orig. Comb: Hyperaspis wolcotti Nunemacher, 1911
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Albert Burke Wolcott, who gave Nunemacher the type specimen.
Size
Length 2.0 to 2.6 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's dorsal figures: The rounded, convex body form and dorsal color pattern will separate H. wolcotti from any species presently known from the same geographic area. (1)
Range
upper Great Plains (KS-IN-MN) Map - (1)(per BG data)
Remarks
Type locality: Pine Barrens, Buffington, Indiana (1)
See Also
Most similar to H. hercules, but the distribution patterns are widely disjunct. (1)
H. hercules range map
Print References
Nunenmacher, F.W. 1911. Studies amongst the Coccinellidae, No. 2 (Col.). Entomol. News 22: 71-74. (p.73)
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 5 December, 2007 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 21 January, 2023 - 10:08pm

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