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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) » Nephus » Nephus flavifrons

Species Nephus flavifrons

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Nephus flavifrons (Melsheimer) - Nephus flavifrons

lady beetle - Nephus flavifrons - 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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)

Genus Nephus

Species flavifrons (Nephus flavifrons)

Other Common Names

Yellow-fronted Lady Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nephus flavifrons (Melsheimer)

Orig. Comb: Scymnus flavifrons Melsheimer 1847

Explanation of Names

flavifrons (L). "yellow forehead" (1)

Size

1.5-2.0 mm (Horn 1895)

Identification

Gordon's figures (2)

black with red apical spots (apical spots are yellow in southmost TX)

Range

e. US, AZ (TX-FL-NY-IA, AZ) - Map (2)

Remarks

commonly collected, wide spread sp. (3)

See Also

Nephus bivulnerus (Horn) - Range: Florida peninsula (3)

Type - MCZ, Harvard (NOTE: pale pronotum)

Print References

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.

Gordon, R.D. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(1): 1-912. Full Text

Horn, G.H. 1895. Studies in Coccinellidae. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 22: 81-114. Full PDF

Melsheimer, F.E. 1847. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 3: 158-181. (p. 181)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.

3.	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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 September, 2009 - 3:15pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Abigail Parker
Last updated 28 May, 2016 - 2:41pm

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