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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) » Weise's Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis weisei)

Species Hyperaspis weisei - Weise's Lady Beetle

Classification · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hyperaspis weisei Schaeffer - Hyperaspis weisei

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 weisei (Weise's Lady Beetle)

Pronunciation

Weise - pronounced like 'Vice'

Explanation of Names

Hyperaspis weisei Schaeffer 1908

Paytronym for Julius Weise (1844-1925), a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae and Coccinellidae. Weise was one of the first entomologists to use genitalia to identify and classify species.

Size

Length 2.25 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures (1)

LECTOTYPE

Range

s. & w. TX - Map (1)

known from Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, and Jeff Davis counties (1)(2)(BG data)

Remarks

Described by Schaeffer (1908) from two specimens, both females, collected by Ottomar Dietz at Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX.

Print References

Dobzhansky, T. 1941. Beetles of the genus Hyperaspis inhabiting the United States. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 101(6): 1-94.

Schaeffer, C. 1908. On new and known Coleoptera of the families Coccinellidae and Cleridae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16(3): 125-135 (description, p.126). Full Text

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

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.

2.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 September, 2010 - 11:36am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Abigail Parker
Last updated 18 February, 2020 - 7:39pm

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