Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis rivularis Dobzhansky, 1941
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.
