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Species Scymnus compar

Scymnus compar Scymnus sp.? - Scymnus compar - female Scymnus sp.? - Scymnus compar - female Scymnus compar Casey - Scymnus compar - male
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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)
Genus Scymnus
No Taxon (pronotum entirely black)
Species compar (Scymnus compar)
Explanation of Names
Scymnus compar Casey 1899
Size
1.6-2.0 mm (1)
Identification
combination of small size, almost completely black dorsum and usually pale last abdominal sterna render compar a comparatively easy sp. to distinguish externally. (1)
Range
scattered locations e. N. Amer. - Map (2)
Life Cycle
4 spmns coll'ed on Juniper Mar-May in c. TX (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Indiana
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Jour. New York Entomol. Soc. 7: 71-169. (p. 148)
Gordon, R.D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus and Diomus. Bull. Buffalo Soc Nat. Sci. 28: 1-362.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus
Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.
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.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.