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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus » Apicanus Lady Beetle (Scymnus apicanus)

Species Scymnus apicanus - Apicanus Lady Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Apicanus Lady Beetle - Scymnus apicanus - male

Scymnus (Scymnus) apicanus J. Chapin - Scymnus apicanus

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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)

Genus Scymnus

Species apicanus (Apicanus Lady Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Scymnus a. apicanus Chapin, 1973 (1)

Scymnus a. borealis Gordon, 1976

Numbers

2 subspp. (2)

Size

Scymnus a. apicanus: 2.2-2.7 mm

Scymnus a. borealis: 2.5-3.0 mm (2)

Identification

Scymnus a. apicanus: no spmns examined w/ pronotum mostly black, the median black spot is somewhat var. in size (2)

Scymnus a. borealis: median black pronotal spot often approaches the anterior margin of the pronotum.

the diff. betw. apicanus and borealis is "very striking" and one would not suspect a close relationship to exist based on external appearance. if intergrades do not occur, then borealis should be considered a valid sp. (2)

Range

Scymnus a. apicanus: e. US to ND - Map (dots) (3)

Scymnus a. borealis: c. AB to sw MB, sw CO - Map (stars) (3)

See Also

Scymnus paracanus not serparable from S. a. apicanus and americanus or each other externally (2)

Print References

Chapin, J.B. 1973. New species of ladybeetles in the genera Scymnus and Mulsantina (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 66: 1071-1073.

Gordon, R.D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: Key to Genera and Revision of Scymnus, Nephus, and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 28: 1-362.

Works Cited

1.	New species of ladybeetles in the genera Scymnus and Mulsantina (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Chapin, J.B. 1973. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 66: 1071-1073.

2.	The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.

3.	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 Guy A. Hanley on 17 April, 2009 - 11:27am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 22 August, 2015 - 2:21pm

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