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Species Brachiacantha albifrons - White-fronted Lady Beetle

Coccinellid - Brachiacantha albifrons Coccinellid - Brachiacantha albifrons Brachiacantha albifrons (Say) - Brachiacantha albifrons Brachiacantha albifrons (Say) - Brachiacantha albifrons Brachiacantha albifrons (Say) - Brachiacantha albifrons White-fronted Lady Beetle - Brachiacantha albifrons Lady Beetle - Brachiacantha albifrons Lady Beetle - Brachiacantha albifrons
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 albifrons (White-fronted Lady Beetle)
Other Common Names
Pale Anthill Ladybug (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachiacantha albifrons (Say)
Orig. Comb: Coccinella albifrons Say, 1824
Explanation of Names
albifrons (L). "white" + "forehead, brow, front"
Size
Length 3.5 to 4.4 mm (2)
Identification
Gordon's figures - Form slender, elongate. Head yellow in both sexes, female with clypeal apex brown; male pronotum black (2)
Range
sw CAN to CO-OK - Map (stars) (2)(3)
See Also
Brachiacantha ursina (Fabricius) - see Gordon's Fig. f (2)

Brumoides septentrionis (Weise)
- Range: w. NA to Hudson Bay - Map
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2015
Print References
Say, T. 1824. Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected in the last expedition to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Long. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 4: 83-99. (p. 94)
Works Cited
1.Ladybugs of Alberta
John Acorn. 2007. University of Alberta Press, 169 pages.
2.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
3.Checklists of Spiders, Mites, and Insects of Oklahoma