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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 » Hyperaspidius

Genus Hyperaspidius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Coccinellinid? - Hyperaspidius hardyi Hyperaspidius venustulus (Mulsant) - Hyperaspidius venustulus Hyperaspidius marginatus (Gaines) - Hyperaspidius marginatus Hyperaspidius marginatus (Gaines) - Hyperaspidius marginatus Hyperaspidius? - Hyperaspidius Hyperaspidius - Hyperaspidius Coleoptera sp.? - Hyperaspidius Hyperaspidius
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 Hyperaspidius
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspidius Crotch 1873
Numbers
26 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
Oval or oblong; Usually black or brown, often with bold markings. Generally more angular in build than Hyperaspis, with a rectangular form and a wide head.
Range
generally dist. around N. Amer. (1), mostly sw. US
Food
predators of scale insects and mealybugs (1)
See Also
Hyperaspis revocans Casey
- Range: sw US

Hyperaspis annexa
- Range: CA
Print References
Crotch, G. R. 1873. Revision of the Coccinellidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 363-382. (p. 382)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 5 December, 2007 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, James Bailey, Abigail Parker
Last updated 26 September, 2022 - 5:47pm

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