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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 » Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis) » Twin-spotted Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis gemina)

Species Hyperaspis gemina - Twin-spotted Lady Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle ID - Hyperaspis gemina Beetle ID - Hyperaspis gemina Hyperaspis gemina LeConte - Hyperaspis gemina Hyperaspis gemina LeConte - Hyperaspis gemina Hyperaspis gemina LeConte - Hyperaspis gemina
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 Hyperaspis (Sigil Lady Beetles)
Species gemina (Twin-spotted Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis gemina LeConte 1880
gemina (L). "doubled, paired, twinned", probably referring to the pair of spots on the elytra
Size
2.8-4.0mm (1)
Identification
Gordon't figures (1)
distinctive apically bi-spotted elytra, yellow head (both sexes), and broad lateral yellow area on the pronotum (both sexes).
Gordon also states that "this rarely collected species is unusual in having the clypeal apex truncate and the head yellow in both sexes". (1)
Range
GA to VA - Map (1), plus OK (2) (half dozen Latimer Co. spmns det. Gordon, 1986)
See Also
Hyperaspis postica LeConte
- Range: primarily: s.CA to s.BC
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 8: 163–218. (p. 188)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.
2.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 21 May, 2008 - 11:38am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 1 February, 2022 - 10:00am

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