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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) » Hyperaspis octavia

Species Hyperaspis octavia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Hyperaspis sp.? - Hyperaspis octavia Hyperaspis sp.? - Hyperaspis octavia Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis octavia - male Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis octavia - male Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis octavia - female Lady beetle - Hyperaspis octavia Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis octavia - female Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis octavia - female
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 octavia (Hyperaspis octavia)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyperaspis octavia Casey 1908
Explanation of Names
Casey has "Octavia" capitalized in the description, so it probably refers to someone named Octavia
Size
Length 2.2 to 2.8 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)
Range
known to Gordon (1985) from 4 spmns from three locations: Miss. (2)Mich. and Queb. - Map (open star) - (1)
Remarks
Type locality: Vicksburg, Mississippi (1)
See Also
H. undulata (Say) - "There is no good external character that will distinguish H. undulata from H. octavia, but H. octavia is usually larger, the body form less elongate, and the surface of the pronotum less strongly alutaceous than in H. undulata." (1)
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1908. Notes on the Coccinellidae. Canadian Entomologist, 40: 393-421. (pg.414)
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 tom murray on 19 August, 2008 - 4:56pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 August, 2022 - 2:29pm

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