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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coleomegilla » Spotted Pink Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) » Coleomegilla maculata lengi

Subspecies Coleomegilla maculata lengi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Coleomegilla
Species maculata (Spotted Pink Lady Beetle)
Subspecies lengi (Coleomegilla maculata lengi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Perez and Hoy (2002) suggest that Coleomegilla maculata fuscilabris is a separate sp. from Coleomegilla maculata lengi due to reproductive incompatibility (1)
Explanation of Names
Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timberlake, 1943
Size
Length 4.2 to 6.6 mm (2)
Identification
Gordon's Figures, includes form (Fig. 573, h) with reduced sized spots similar to C. m. fuscilabris, Fig. 576, f (2)

Det. Abigail Parker, 2009
Range
e. NA (s.TX-n.FL-NS-s.MB) - Map (2) (3)(4)
Life Cycle
Click on an image to view the life cycle:
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may form congregations, Feb-May
Remarks
Prior to Timberlake (1943), the names and combinations thereof relating to C. maculata were greatly confused in the literature. Thanks to his work they can now be sorted out in a reasonable fashion although at least a few of the names currently in use will surely prove to be synonyms. (2)
Print References
Groden, E., F.A. Drummond, R.A. Casagrande, and D.L. Haynes. 1990. Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) its predation upon the Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its incidence in potatoes and surrounding crops. Journal of Economic Entomology 83: 1306–1315.
Krafsur, E.S. and J.J. Obrycki. 2000. Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a species complex. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93: 1156-1161. (5)
Perez, O.G., and M.A. Hoy. 2002. Reproductive incompatibility between two subspecies of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Florida Entomologist 85(1): 203-207. (1)
Timberlake, P.H. 1943. The Coccinellidae or ladybeetles of the Koebele collection. Part 1. Bulletin of the Experiment station of the Hawaiian sugar planters' association. Entomological series. 22: 1-67.
Works Cited
1.Reproductive incompatibility between two subspecies of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Perez, O.G. and M.A. Hoy. 2002. Florida Entomologist 85(1): 203-207.
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. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.iNaturalist
5.Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a species complex.
Krafsur, E.S. and J.J. Obrycki. 2000. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(5): 1156-1161.
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 21 February, 2010 - 10:06am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Last updated 11 June, 2025 - 7:05pm

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