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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Sinuate Lady Beetle (Hippodamia sinuata)

Species Hippodamia sinuata - Sinuate Lady Beetle

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Sinuate Ladybird (Many-spotted), 3:25pm - Hippodamia sinuata Sinuate Ladybird (Faintly-marked), 3:38pm - Hippodamia sinuata Sinuate Ladybird, 3:46pm - Hippodamia sinuata Convergent Lady ? - Hippodamia sinuata Hippodamia sinuata crotchi Casey - Hippodamia sinuata Hippodamia sinuata ssp. crotchi - Hippodamia sinuata Hippodamia -- being consumed by a robber fly - Hippodamia sinuata Hippodamia sinuata crotchi Casey - Hippodamia sinuata
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 Coccinellinae
Genus Hippodamia
Species sinuata (Sinuate Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Hippodamia sinuata Mulsant 1850
Numbers
Three subspecies in our region:
H. sinuata sinuata Mulsant, 1850
H. s. crotchi Casey, 1899
H. s. spuria LeConte, 1861
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)
Internet References
ITIS page
Species des coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes, p.1011 - Mulsant's original description of the species (in French)
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 Boris Büche on 25 April, 2007 - 4:45am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 14 October, 2014 - 3:24pm

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