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Species Hyperaspis lewisii - Hyperaspis lewisi

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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 lewisii (Hyperaspis lewisi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
lewisi - spelling (as in (1))
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis lewisii Crotch, 1873
Size
Length 3.0 to 3.80 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures - Elytron with large, yellow, discal spot extending from or near lateral margin nearly to suture (1)
Range
scattered records e. US to s. TX - Map (1)(BG data)
Print References
Crotch, G.R. 1873. Revision of the Coccinellidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 363-382.
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 July, 2015 - 12:27pm
Last updated 18 February, 2020 - 7:14pm

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