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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis) » Levrat's Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis levrati)

Species Hyperaspis levrati - Levrat's Lady Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Hyperaspis levrati (Mulsant) - Hyperaspis levrati

Incinerator ridge, Catalinas - Hyperaspis levrati

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 Hyperaspidini

Genus Hyperaspis (Sigil Lady Beetles)

Species levrati (Levrat's Lady Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hyperaspis levrati (Mulsant)

Orig. Comb: Cleothera levrati Mulsant 1850

Explanation of Names

Named after Gustave Levrat, a doctor who was an entomological colleague and a fellow member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon (Linnaean Society of Lyon).

Size

2.2-3 mm (1)

Identification

Elytron with 4 or 5 spots, normally 4 but subhumeral spot often divided Gordon's Fig. 373 d (1)

Unique dorsal color pattern- each elytron w/ 3 yellow discal spots including 1 close to the scutellum.

Range

se AZ, sw TX, CO(?) / Mex. - Map (dots) (1)

Remarks

Type locality: "Mexique" (1)

See Also

The dorsal color pattern of H. levrati is unique in the North American fauna except for some specimens of H. revocans, however, the latter species is consistently smaller and less robust with different male genitalia. (1)

Print References

Mulsant, M.E. 1850. Species de Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Lyon 2: 1-1104. (p.615)

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 Loh on 25 February, 2010 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 4 February, 2022 - 12:36am

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