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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Spurleg Lady Beetles (Brachiacantha) » Brachiacantha dentipes

Species Brachiacantha dentipes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Genus Brachiacantha (Spurleg Lady Beetles)

Species dentipes (Brachiacantha dentipes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Brachiacantha dentipes (Fabricius)

Orig. Comb: Coccinella dentipes Fabricius 1801

Explanation of Names

dentipes (L). "tooth" + "foot"

Size

4.8-6.3 mm

Identification

Gordon's figures (1)

Fairly large (for this genus). Front tibia has arc-shaped flange, prominent spine. Elytra strongly marked with yellow spot at apex (tip) plus a band above, sometimes broken into two spots. See discussion here:

Range

e. US (CO-FL-NJ-SD) - iNat Map, records consentrated across s. FL(2), Gordon's (1985) Historical Map (shaded area) (1)

Season

year round (2)

Remarks

Type locality: "Habitat in Carolina"

Print References

Brimley, p. 186, lists from eastern North Carolina (3)

Montogomery and Goodrich (2002). The Brachiacantha (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 95: 111-130. (fig. 1--tibia, fig. 2--photo of specimen)

Internet References

Systema Eleutheratorum. Kiliae, Vol. 1, p. 381 - Fabricius' original description of the species (in Latin)

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.	iNaturalist

3.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2007 - 1:22am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 February, 2024 - 11:51am

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