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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis) » unidentified signata or binotata group (Hyperaspis unidentified signata or binotata group)

unidentified signata or binotata group

Classification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Lady beetles - Hyperaspis - male - female Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle or no? - Hyperaspis coccinellid - Hyperaspis Beetle for ID - Hyperaspis Hyperaspis binotata - Hyperaspis Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis Lady beetle - Hyperaspis Hyperaspis? - Hyperaspis
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)
No Taxon unidentified signata or binotata group
Range
signata group
Hyperaspis signata signata: MA‒FL to WI‒TX
Hyperaspis signata bicentralis: TX‒OK
Hyperaspis pistillata: MA‒FL‒LA
Hyperaspis nigrosuturalis: FL
Hyperaspis conviva: ME‒FL to SK‒LA
binotata group
Hyperaspis binotata: ME‒FL to MI‒TX
Hyperaspis haematosticta: AZ‒NM
Hyperaspis inedita: VA‒FL to MO‒LA
Hyperaspis octonotata: CA to CO‒TX
Remarks
H. signata, H. pistillata, and H. binotata cannot be distinguished externally(1); H. conviva, H. major and H. haematosticta share a dorsal pattern. Sex can be determined by pronotal pattern: female pronotum always entirely black.
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 tom murray on 2 May, 2007 - 9:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov, James Bailey, Abigail Parker
Last updated 22 October, 2023 - 9:07pm

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