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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Exochomus » Batman Lady Beetle (Exochomus fasciatus)

Species Exochomus fasciatus - Batman Lady Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Exochomus in California #1 - Exochomus fasciatus Lady Beetle? - Exochomus fasciatus Which Ladybug is this? - Exochomus fasciatus Which Ladybug is this? - Exochomus fasciatus Batman Lady Beetle? - Exochomus fasciatus Batman Lady Beetle? - Exochomus fasciatus Exchomus fasicatus? - Exochomus fasciatus Exchomus fasicatus? - Exochomus fasciatus
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 Exochomus
Species fasciatus (Batman Lady Beetle)
Other Common Names
Batman Ladybug and variants - "The upper marking perfectly resembles the bat symbol in lighter specimens, while in darker ones the entire marking merge into the mask...or so I think" (J. Bailey 2017)
Explanation of Names
Exochomus fasciatus Casey 1899
fasciatus 'banded'
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)
Range
coastal so. CA [map](1)
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 Tim Moyer on 31 March, 2009 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, James Bailey
Last updated 4 August, 2022 - 12:56am

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