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Subspecies Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata

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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 Hippodamia
Species quinquesignata (Five-spotted Lady Beetle)
Subspecies quinquesignata (Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hippodamia quinquesignata (Kirby)
Orig. Comb: Coccinella 5-signata Kirby, 1837
Size
Length 4.0 to 7.0 mm (1)
Identification
Range
w. N. Amer. (CA-NM-AK), plus scattered e. N. Amer. localities - Map (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: near Great Bear Lake (1)
Print References
Kirby, W. 1837. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana by Sir J. Richardson et al., 1829-1837. The Insects. Part 4. London, 325 pp.
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.