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Tribe Hyperaspidini

Hyperaspis postica LeConte, 1880 - Hyperaspis postica Hyperaspis schaefferi Gordon - Hyperaspis schaefferi Coccinellidae, lateral - Hyperaspis undulata Hyperaspis signata bicentralis Casey - Hyperaspis signata Hyperaspis MAQ sp. 4 - Hyperaspis Hyperaspis rivularis Dobzhansky - Hyperaspis rivularis Tiny Beetle - Hyperaspis Hyperaspis annexa? - Hyperaspis
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Hyperaspini
Numbers
124 spp. in 5 genera north of Mexico, of which Hyperaspis and Hyperaspidius (with 94 and 26 spp. in our area, respectively) encompass the wast majority of NA fauna(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 25 April, 2010 - 4:36pm
Additional contributions by Abigail Parker, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 April, 2022 - 9:15am

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