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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Axion » Twice-struck Lady Beetle (Axion plagiatum)

Species Axion plagiatum - Twice-struck Lady Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Beetle larva - Axion plagiatum Axion plagiatum var. texanum - Axion plagiatum Axion plagiatum (Olivier) - Axion plagiatum LB - Axion plagiatum Axion plagiatum Coccinellidae pupa? - Axion plagiatum Ladybird from larva to adult - Axion plagiatum Ladybird from larva to adult - Axion plagiatum
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 Chilocorinae
Genus Axion
Species plagiatum (Twice-struck Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Axion plagiatum (Olivier 1808)
plagiatum = 'blotched'
Size
Length 5.6-6.4 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures (2)

Black with two large red spots oriented towards the front and sides (unlike Chilocorus); may have white marking on head (var. texanum), or a narrow yellow margin.
Helmet-shaped: highly convex with a broadly flared "rim"
Venter mostly black with red thorax; sometimes with red edges around a medial black area on the abdomen (var. texanum)
Range
OR-CA-LA-OK (barely nw LA) - Map (cross hatching) (2)(3) - Note: The map for Axion in Gordon 1985 (fig. 506) is mislabeled, A. plagiatum is the western species.
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae of Louisiana (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Chapin, J.B. 1974. Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 682: 2-87.
2.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
3.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 17 March, 2009 - 1:21pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, James Bailey, Abigail Parker, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 April, 2022 - 9:04am

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