Species Hyperaspis rivularis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hyperaspis rivularis Dobzhansky - Hyperaspis rivularis

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 rivularis (Hyperaspis rivularis)

Explanation of Names

Hyperaspis rivularis Dobzhansky, 1941

Numbers

Length 2.40 to 3.0 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures - Color pattern as described for H. proba except elytron with single yellow or orange discal spot either round or elongate, often very large.

female pronotal pattern is like that of many species in the bigeminata group. (1)

Range

KY-MO-LA

ILLINOIS: "southern." KENTUCKY: type locality. MISSOURI: Cliffcave; St. Louis - Map (stars) (1)

plus ARKANSAS: Washington Co. (two spmns) (2). Gordon himself determined these spmns in 1976, but he failed to include them in his tome.

Dr. Robert Site reports: "We have six specimens from Missouri; five were identified by Curt Wingo in 1950 and one by Wilfred Craig in 197-something." (R. W. Sites, Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2018)

Dr. Chris Carlton reports: "The Louisiana State Arthropod Museum has two, one from Montgomery Co., AR, the other from Natchitoches Par., [LOUISIANA]." (C. Carlton, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2018)

Remarks

Type locality: Frankfort, Kentucky

Print References

Dobzhansky, T. 1941. Beetles of the genus Hyperaspis inhabiting the United States. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 101(6): 1-94.

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

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.

2.	A checklist of the Coccinellidae of Arkansas. Rouse, E.P., and J.B. Chapin. 1976. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 76-77.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 20 August, 2018 - 7:04pm
Last updated 24 September, 2018 - 2:24pm

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