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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Brumoides » Brumoides septentrionis

Species Brumoides septentrionis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Variable lady beetle ? - Brumoides septentrionis

Brumoides septentrionis (Weise) - Brumoides septentrionis

Brumoides septentrionis hogei (Gorham) - Brumoides septentrionis

Brachiacantha? - Brumoides septentrionis

Brumoides septentrionis ? - Brumoides septentrionis

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 Chilocorinae

Genus Brumoides

Species septentrionis (Brumoides septentrionis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Brumoides septentrionis (Weise)

Orig. Comb: Brumus septentrionis Weise, 1885

Numbers

Three subspecies in North America:

Brumoides septentrionis septentrionis (Weise, 1885)

Brumoides septentrionis hogei (Gorham, 1894)

Brumoides septentrionis davisi (Leng, 1908)

Size

Length 2.9 to 3.0 mm, width 1.6 to 2.4 mm.(1)

Identification

Red with black suture and additional black markings: may be two black spots on each elytron or one stripe on each elytron.

Gordon's figures for B. septentrionis septentrionis and B. septentrionis hogei (1)

Note, this is basically a wide ranging variable species, and as such, the illustrated forms of the named subspecies aren't necessarily true to their stated range, so the subspecies should probably be disregarded. (MAQ opinion)

Range

Map (1)

B. s. septentrionis: Hudson Bay to northern Arizona, west to Alaska and northern California

B. s. hogei: Colorado to west Texas, west to Idaho and Arizona

B. s. davisi: Southeastern Canada to Virginia, west to Minnesota(1)

Gordon's (1985) range map for the two western subspecies shows considerable overlap, something that subspecies aren't supposed to do...

Remarks

uncommonly collected (BG data)

Internet References

ITIS

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 Beatriz Moisset on 27 February, 2008 - 2:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 21 March, 2022 - 9:35am

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