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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Spurleg Lady Beetles (Brachiacantha) » Brachiacantha decora

Species Brachiacantha decora

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Brachiacantha decora Casey - Brachiacantha decora

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

Genus Brachiacantha (Spurleg Lady Beetles)

Species decora (Brachiacantha decora)

Other Common Names

"Decorated Lady Beetle"

Explanation of Names

Brachiacantha decora Casey, 1899

decora (L). 'elegant' (1)

Size

Length 3.0 to 4.2 mm (2)

Identification

Gordon's Figures (2)

Range

southern half of TX, se FL, (plus AZ - 1 record) / Mex. to S. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (2)(3)

Remarks

Type locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas (2)

See Also

Key per Gordon (1985) (2)

10a Length less than 3.50 mm; male abdomen with cusps on 3rd abdominal sternum reduced, 4th sternum with equally reduced cusps (Fig. 468 d); south Texas .... barberi, n. sp.

Brachiacantha barberi Gordon

Det. E. G. Riley 2010

10b Length more than 3.50 mm; male abdomen with prominent cusps on 3rd abdominal sternum, 4th sternum without cusps, or if present, reduced; south Texas and elsewhere .... 11

11(10). Form oval to rounded; elytron with median band composed of connected spots, apical spot present (Fig. 459 d), all maculation yellow; south Texas .... decora Casey

Brachiacantha decora Casey

Det. E. G. Riley 2009

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7(2): 71-169. (p.119)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 2:56pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 3 September, 2021 - 1:30pm

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