Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coccinella » narrow black elytral suture (Coccinella narrow black elytral suture) » Prolongate Lady Beetle (Coccinella prolongata)

Species Coccinella prolongata - Prolongate Lady Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Coccinellinae 7-28-11 02a - Coccinella prolongata Coccinellinae 7-28-11 02c - Coccinella prolongata Coccinella prolongata Crotch - Coccinella prolongata - female Coccinella prolongata Crotch - Coccinella prolongata - female Prolongate ladybeetle - Coccinella prolongata Coccinella novemnotata - Coccinella prolongata Coccinella novemnotata - Coccinella prolongata 3025014 ladybug - Coccinella prolongata
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 Coccinellinae
Genus Coccinella
No Taxon (narrow black elytral suture)
Species prolongata (Prolongate Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Coccinella prolongata Crotch, 1873
Numbers
3 subspp. (1)
Size
Length 5.70 to 7.0 mm (1)
Identification

Gordon's figures (1)
Head black with 2 pale spots;
pronotum with anterolateral pale spot larger than in any other species,
elytron with 2 black spots and a scutellar spot, suture narrowly darkened (1)
Range
w. NA (CA-CO-BC) - Map (1)
Print References
Crotch, G.R. 1873. Revision of the Coccinellidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 363-382.
Internet References
Type - 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 - 12:01pm
Additional contributions by Abigail Parker
Last updated 20 August, 2015 - 3:13pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact