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Species Hyperaspis imitator

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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 Scymninae
Tribe Hyperaspidini
Genus Hyperaspis (Sigil Lady Beetles)
Species imitator (Hyperaspis imitator)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis imitator Gordon 1985
Size
Length 2.0-2.25 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's Figures - Pronotum black with lateral area yellow; elytron black with discal spot and lateral yellow villa from base to apex (1)
Range
c. TX - Map (1). Known from three spmns coll'ed in c. TX: 2 in Bexar Co. in 1947, and 1 in Uvalde Co. in 1986 (1),(BG data)
Season
June-July (based on three spmns)
Remarks
Holotype. Male. TEXAS: Bexar Co., San Antonio, Olmos Park, 28-VI-1947, B. E. White Coll., sweeping Ceanothus sp. (Rhamnaceae). Spmn in the California Academy of Sciences. (1)
[Two known localities: Olmos Park, 651 Devine Rd, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX 78212; and Garner State Park, 234 RR 1050, Concan, Uvalde Co., TX 78838]
See Also
The dorsal color pattern of the male is exactly like that of H. bensonica males. H. bensonica ranges from so. CA to west TX. (1)
Print References
Gordon, R.D. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(1): 1-912.
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.