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Tribe Hyperaspidini

Coccinellidae, lateral - Hyperaspis lugubris - female Hyperasprinus - Hyperaspidius Cute little fella - Hyperaspis  Hyperaspis MAQ sp. 3 - Hyperaspis Beetle - Hyperaspis trifurcata Hyperaspis cincta - female lady beetle - Hyperaspis proba Hyperaspis rivularis Dobzhansky - Hyperaspis rivularis
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 Hyperaspidini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Hyperaspini
Numbers
124 spp. in 5 genera north of Mexico, of which Hyperaspis and Hyperaspidius (with 94 and 26 spp. in our area, respectively) encompass the wast majority of NA fauna(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.