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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus » Scymnus horni

Species Scymnus horni

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Mini Coccellinidae - Scymnus horni Mini Coccellinidae - Scymnus horni Scymnus (Pullus) horni Gorham - Scymnus horni Scymnus sp.? - Scymnus horni Scymnus sp.? - Scymnus horni Scymnus near ardelio? - Scymnus horni Unknown beetle - Scymnus horni Scymnus louisianae - Scymnus horni
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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)
Genus Scymnus
Species horni (Scymnus horni)
Explanation of Names
Scymnus (Pullus) horni Gorham, 1897
Size
1.85-2.2 mm (1)
Identification
can usually be ID'ed externally as the black pronotal spot almost never reaches the apical margin of the pronotum, and the legs are always entirely pale.
color pattern is extremely stable in this species, the size of the black pronotal spot may very slightly. (1)

Dets. R. Gordon
Range
s. CA to c. & s. TX / Mex. - Map (shaded area) (1)(2)
Remarks
extremely common sp. from AZ to w. TX (1)
See Also
S. brullei has a similar pronotal pattern, but the apex of the elytron is broadly pale, narrowly so in horni (1)
Print References
Gorham, H.S. 1897. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae 7: 217-240.
Works Cited
1.The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus
Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.
2.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 21 August, 2015 - 2:28pm
Last updated 4 February, 2024 - 10:59am

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