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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Neoharmonia » V-marked Lady Beetle (Neoharmonia venusta) » Neoharmonia venusta venusta

Subspecies Neoharmonia venusta venusta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Coccinellinae
Genus Neoharmonia
Species venusta (V-marked Lady Beetle)
Subspecies venusta (Neoharmonia venusta venusta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neoharmonia venusta (Melsheimer)
Orig. Comb: Coccinella venusta Melsheimer, 1847
Explanation of Names
venusta (L). 'charming' (1)
Numbers
One of two North American subspecies of Neoharmonia venusta.
Size
Length 4.5 to 7.0 mm (2)
Identification
Color pattern variable (2)
Range
e US (TX-FL-ME-NE) - Map (2)
Season
mostly: May-Aug (BG data)
Food
Soft-bodied insects and larvae; perhaps scale insects. (2)
Per Whitehead & Duffield (1982), they are "major predators of larvae and pupae of the willow leaf beetle Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharteg) in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States."
Were coll. in central Texas on willows (Salix) infested with Chrysomela texana (Schaeffer) which they may have been feeding on (MAQ, pers. obs.)
Remarks
Neoharmonia venusta is variable, so much so that just going by the pronotal spot-pattern, the spmn in the middle row below could initially be mistaken for Harmonia axyridis (Asian Lady Beetle)

- spot pattern on the left elytron is particularly reduced
- three different spmns of Harmonia axyridis
See Also
The other subspecies, Neoharmonia venusta ampla, occurs in the southwestern U.S. and Texas, with very little range overlap.
Print References
Gordon, 1985, especially pp. 834-839, figures 673, 667-668.(2)
Melsheimer, F.E. 1847. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 3: 158-181.
Whitehead, D.R. and R.M. Duffield. 1982. An unusual specialized predator prey association (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Chrysomelidae): Failure of a chemical defense and possible practical application. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 36(1): 96-97.
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.
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 19 September, 2009 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 6 September, 2021 - 1:57pm

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