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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles (Chilocorus) » Black Chilocorus (Chilocorus nigrita)
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Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius) - Chilocorus nigrita
Copyright © 2009 Michael C. Thomas

Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius) - Chilocorus nigrita
Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA
Size: 4mm
An Asian species recently discovered in southern Florida.
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Contributed by Michael C. Thomas on 15 December, 2009 - 1:58pm
Last updated 3 April, 2013 - 10:59am

guys, i have a feeling the correct spelling is 'nigrita'
a tricky case; nigrita, used in the orig.comb., is a noun (not an adjective), and thus is not subject to gender change depending on combination --just like 'stigma' in the same genus --see(1) (Explanation of Names)

surprisingly, Wiki has it right, for a change
… v belov, 3 April, 2013 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
Correct
It is nigrita.
… Michael C. Thomas, 3 April, 2013 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
thanks --corrected on info pages
… v belov, 3 April, 2013 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

 
not a Latin scholar here...
...I'll bow to your rationale here.
… Abigail Parker, 3 April, 2013 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Great find!
You have amazing coccinellids in Florida, all these photos are top-quality. I have total Florida envy right now, it's been a solid week of freezing rain in Philadelphia!
… Abigail Parker, 15 December, 2009 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It's been in the 80s here the last couple days; hoping for some cooler weather, but a white Christmas is probably out of the question.
… Michael C. Thomas, 15 December, 2009 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

Thanks...
for the neat addition and another great image!
… Blaine Mathison, 15 December, 2009 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chilocorus.
… Blaine Mathison, 15 December, 2009 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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