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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) » Hyperaspis pistillata

Species Hyperaspis pistillata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Hyperaspis pistillata Watson - Hyperaspis pistillata Hyperaspis pistillata Watson - Hyperaspis pistillata Hyperaspis pistillata Watson - Hyperaspis pistillata Hyperaspis pistillata - male Hyperaspis pistillata - male Hyperaspis pistillata - male
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 pistillata (Hyperaspis pistillata)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis pistillata Watson, 1969
Size
Length 2.75 to 4.0 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's Figures - Elytron with one or 2 yellow or red spots (1)
Range
coastal se US (LA-FL-MA) - Map (1)
See Also
closely resembles H. signata (1)
Print References
Watson, W.Y. 1969. Three new species of Hyperaspis from eastern North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Michigan Entomologist 1: 366-370.
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 6 October, 2016 - 2:57pm

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