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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) » Troglodyte Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis troglodytes)

Species Hyperaspis troglodytes - Troglodyte Lady Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hyperaspis troglodytes Mulsant - Hyperaspis troglodytes

Hyperaspis troglodytes Mulsant - Hyperaspis troglodytes - male

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 troglodytes (Troglodyte Lady Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Hyperaspis troglodytes Mulsant, 1853

Size

Length 2.0 to 2.75 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures (1)

Det. R. Gordon, 1986

Black with 5 pale spots on each elytron (wing cover)

Male with pale pronotal margin, female with entirely black pronotum

Range

mostly New England to the Upper Midwest with scattered sc US records - Map (1)(2)(3)(BG data)

Karl Stephan reported 9 spmns from Latimer Co., OK (3)

Remarks

Hyperaspis troglodytes is so rare in collections that the possible range of variation cannot be assessed. (1)

See Also

Hyperaspis disconotata has the similar pattern but basal elytral spots nearly touch, plus body shape is more oval:

Brachiacantha, ursina group, may have similar pattern but forelegs always with tibial spur (which no Hyperaspis species has).

Print References

Gordon, 1985, esp. pp. 534-536, figs. 437-438.(1)

Majka and Robinson, 2009.(2)

Internet References

Mulsant's original description of the species (in French)

Type specimen of "Hyperaspis discreta" at the MCZ, Harvard

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.

2.	Hyperaspis and Brachiacantha (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae):two poorly known genera of native lady beetles in the Maritime Provinces C.G. Majka & S. Robinson. 2009. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 5: 3-11.

3.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 27 April, 2011 - 7:04am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 February, 2022 - 9:50am

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