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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus » spotted elytral spp. (Scymnus spotted elytral spp.) » Scymnus circumspectus

Species Scymnus circumspectus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Scymnus circumspectus Horn - Scymnus circumspectus Scymnus circumspectus Horn - Scymnus circumspectus Scymnus circumspectus Horn - Scymnus circumspectus Scymnus circumspectus Horn - Scymnus circumspectus
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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)
Genus Scymnus
No Taxon (spotted elytral spp.)
Species circumspectus (Scymnus circumspectus)
Explanation of Names
Scymnus (Scymnus) circumspectus Horn, 1895
Size
Length, 2.4-2.6 mm (1)
Identification
Only e. N. Amer. Scymnus sp. w/ pale spot on each elytron. (2)
Range
sc US (TX-AL-MO-OK) - Map (1)(3)(4)(5)(BG data)
See Also
Scymnus pacificus Crotch
- Range: sw US
Det. E. G. Riley, 200
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1895. Studies in Coccinellidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22: 81-114.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae of Louisiana (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Chapin, J.B. 1974. Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 682: 2-87.
2.The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus
Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.
3.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
4.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
5.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 January, 2013 - 4:06pm
Last updated 28 August, 2018 - 10:38pm

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