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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) » Hyperaspis bensonica

Species Hyperaspis bensonica

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hypersapis--but which one? - Hyperaspis bensonica

Ladybug (Hyperaspis undulata) - Hyperaspis bensonica

Hyperaspis bensonica Casey - Hyperaspis bensonica

Coccinelloidea; Hyperaspis bensonica - Hyperaspis bensonica

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 bensonica (Hyperaspis bensonica)

Numbers

Hyperaspis bensonica Casey, 1908

Size

Length 1.9 to 2.9 mm

Width 1.5 to 2.4 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures (1)

Range

s. CA to w. TX - Map (dots) (1)

Remarks

Type locality: Benson, Cochise Co., Arizona

See Also

Hyperaspis inflexa Casey

Det. E. G. Riley, 1994

Hyperaspis octavia Casey

- scattered e. NA records

Det. A. M. Parker, 2010

Hyperaspis punctata LeConte

- Range: sc. NM to s. TX, n. to OK

Det. A. M. Parker, 2011

Hyperaspis quadrioculata (Motschulsky)

- Range: CA

Det. Dennis Haines, 1983

Hyperaspis disrupta Dobzhansky

- most records from so. CA, with singleton records for AZ, CO, NM, and w.TX

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017

The external appearance of H. bensonica is identical to that of some examples of H. disrupta, the females are apparently inseparable.

As usual in both the fimbriolata and taeniata groups, male genitalia must be examined to determine species. (1)

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1908. Notes on the Coccinellidae. Canadian Entomologist 40: 393-421.

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

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 Mike Quinn on 23 October, 2012 - 3:40pm
Last updated 11 February, 2024 - 12:04pm

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