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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Halmus » Steelblue Lady Beetle (Halmus chalybeus)

Species Halmus chalybeus - Steelblue Lady Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · 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 Chilocorinae
Genus Halmus
Species chalybeus (Steelblue Lady Beetle)
Other Common Names
Steel-blue Lady Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval)
Orig. Comb: Coccinella chalybea Boisduval, 1835
Identification
Dark metallic blue or purple (rarely green); may appear black in low light.
Uniform elytra, with no markings. Pronotum of male with yellow (rarely orange) lateral spot.
Range
Calif. - Map (1), introduced from Australia (2)
Food
Scale insects.
See Also
Curinus coeruleus orange markings on pronotum; dorsum duller

Thalassa montezumae shape obovate, with no distinct margin; orange markings on elytra
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.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 Dennis Haines on 30 August, 2010 - 3:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, James Bailey, Abigail Parker
Last updated 16 January, 2023 - 11:44am

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