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Species Hyperaspis haematosticta

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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 haematosticta (Hyperaspis haematosticta)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis haematosticta Fall, 1907
Size
Length 2.70 to 3.80 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's Figures - The combination of elongate body and elytral color pattern makes H. haematosticta a reasonably distinctive species in the geographic region in which it occurs. (1)
Range
AZ-NM - Map (1)
AZ: Chiricahua Mts.; Williams.
NM: Las Vegas; Santa Fe.
Remarks
Type Locality: Santa Fe, NM
Print References
Fall, H.F. and T.D.A. Cockerell. 1907. The Coleoptera of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33: 145-272.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.