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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Exochomus » Exochomus townsendi

Species Exochomus townsendi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Exochomus townsendi Casey - Exochomus townsendi
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 Chilocorinae
Genus Exochomus
Species townsendi (Exochomus townsendi)
Explanation of Names
Exochomus townsendi Casey, 1908
Size
Length 2.8 to 3.3 mm (1)
Identification
In addition to the comments under E. aethiops, E. townsendi differs from that species in having the epipleuron less strongly descending, lateral margin of elytron less strongly explanate, and the sides of the pronotum and elytra appear continuous in dorsal view, discontinuous in E. aethiops. (1)
Range
Colorado (Buena Vista; Estes Park; Garland; Gunnison) - Map (1)
Remarks
Type locality: Meadow Valley (6 miles south of Colonia Garcia) Chihuahua, Mexico (Sierra Madre Mts. 7300')
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1908. Notes on the Coccinellidae, Canadian Entomol. 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 9 January, 2015 - 12:43pm
Last updated 30 December, 2023 - 2:14pm

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