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Species Hyperaspis undulata - Undulate Lady Beetle

Representative Images

Tiny Ladybeetle? - Hyperaspis undulata Coccinellid 2 - Hyperaspis undulata Coccinelidae, , maybe Hyperaspis undulata, dorsal - Hyperaspis undulata Undulate Lady Beetle, dorsal - Hyperaspis undulata - male Coccinellidae, dorsal - Hyperaspis undulata spotted beetle - Hyperaspis undulata Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis undulata Mystery Beetle - Hyperaspis undulata

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 undulata (Undulate Lady Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hyperaspis undulata (Say)
Orig. Comb: Coccinella undulata Say, 1824

Explanation of Names

undulata (L). "waved", referring to the wavy ("undulate") lines.

Size

Length 1.80 to 2.75 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures - Form elongate, oval, moderately convex. Elytron black with complete, irregular, lateral villa, or with vitta broken to form apical spot. (1)

Range

northern half US and s. Can. - Map (1), but also OK & LA (2)(3)(BG data)

Season

Apr-July (BG data)

Remarks

Type locality: "Missouri" (1)

See Also

H. octavia Casey
- Range: known from 4 spmns from three locations: Miss. (2)Mich. and Queb.
With the exception of H. octavia, H. undulata is readily recognized by the dorsal color pattern over most of the area in which it occurs.
There is no good external character that will distinguish H. undulata from H. octavia, but H. octavia is usually larger, the body form less elongate, and the surface of the pronotum less strongly alutaceous (leathery) than in H. undulata. (1)

Internet References

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v.4, p.92 - Say's original description

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.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
3.The Coccinellidae of Louisiana (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Chapin, J.B. 1974. Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 682: 2-87.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 25 April, 2007 - 4:47am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 8 August, 2018 - 11:26am

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