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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) » Esteemed Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis proba)

Species Hyperaspis proba - Esteemed Lady Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis proba - male Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis proba - male Lady Beetle larva - Hyperaspis proba Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis proba Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis proba Orange-spotted black ladybug - Hyperaspis proba - female Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis proba lady beetle - Hyperaspis proba
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 proba (Esteemed Lady Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyperaspis proba (Say)
Orig. Comb: Coccinella proba Say, 1826
Explanation of Names
proba (L). "proper, upright, virtuous"
Size
Length 2.0 to 3.0 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)
Range
NM-NC-NH-SD - Map(1)
Print References
Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 238-284, 293-304. (p. 303)
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 Joel Kits on 3 April, 2005 - 12:56pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 February, 2020 - 9:41am

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