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Species Coccinella hieroglyphica - Hieroglyphic Lady Beetle

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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 Coccinellinae
Genus Coccinella
No Taxon (pale elytral suture)
Species hieroglyphica (Hieroglyphic Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Coccinella hieroglyphica Linnaeus 1758
Identification
illustrations (1)
Range
holarctic, across n. NA & Eurasia(2); in our area ‒see map(1)
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.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
Contributed by Ron M. on 20 October, 2008 - 12:32am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 8:52pm

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