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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) » Schaeffer's Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis schaefferi)

Species Hyperaspis schaefferi - Schaeffer's Lady Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet 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 Scymninae
Tribe Hyperaspidini
Genus Hyperaspis (Sigil Lady Beetles)
Species schaefferi (Schaeffer's Lady Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyperaspis schaefferi Gordon 1985
Syn: Hyperaspis taeniata cruenta Dobzhansky 1941
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Charles Schaeffer (1860-1934) who collected most of the type series. (1)
Size
Length 2.2 to 2.8 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)

PARATYPE
Range
TX Coastal Plain (Brownsville, Benavides, Goliad and Columbus, TX - Map - (Black stars going up the TX coast) (1)(BG data)
Remarks
Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas, VII.30
See Also
The color pattern of H. schaefferi is very similar to that of H. dissoluta nevadica - Range: AZ, CA, ID, UT, WA
Print References
Dobzhansky, T. 1941. Beetles of the genus Hyperaspis inhabiting the United States. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 101(6): 1-94. (p.48)
Internet References
Type Info - MCZ, Harvard
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 September, 2010 - 11:41am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Abigail Parker
Last updated 19 February, 2020 - 1:12pm

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