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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis) » Ribboned Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis taeniata)

Species Hyperaspis taeniata - Ribboned Lady Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hyperaspis taeniata LeConte, 1852 - Hyperaspis taeniata - female Hyperaspis taeniata LeConte, 1852 - Hyperaspis taeniata - female Hyperaspis taeniata LeConte, 1852 - Hyperaspis taeniata - female Lady beetle from Arizona 10.07.03 - Hyperaspis taeniata Lady beetle from Arizona 10.07.03 - Hyperaspis taeniata Hyperaspis taeniata LeConte - Hyperaspis taeniata Hyperaspis taeniata - female Hyperaspis taeniata - 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 Hyperaspidini
Genus Hyperaspis (Sigil Lady Beetles)
Species taeniata (Ribboned Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis taeniata LeConte 1852
taeniata (G). "band, ribbon" (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures not digitized...
Range
CA-AZ-UT - Map (2)
See Also
Some examples of H. taeniata have the discal spot on the elytron free as in H. disrupta and H. bensonica.
Both of the latter species are more convex and rounded than H. taeniata, and the lateral vitta on the male pronotum is narrower. (2)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1852. Remarks upon the Coccinellidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 129-145. (p.134)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.
Contributed by Dennis Haines on 1 September, 2010 - 11:17am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 20 November, 2017 - 12:49pm

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