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Species Hyperaspidius nanellus

Hyperaspidius nanellus Gordon - Hyperaspidius nanellus Hyperaspidius nanellus Gordon - Hyperaspidius nanellus Hyperaspidius nanellus Gordon - Hyperaspidius nanellus
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 Hyperaspidius
Species nanellus (Hyperaspidius nanellus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gordon (1985) apparently variously referred to this sp. as H. nanella, H. nanelle and H. nacelles?! (1)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspidius nanellus Gordon 1985
nanus (G). 'dwarf' (2)
Size
2.0 mm (1)
Range
southmost TX to OK - Map (Cameron, Brown, Burleson, and Latimer counties) (1),(3), + Edwards Co. (BG data)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX (1)
See Also
The entirely pale elytron of this species distinguishes it from all other species except H. transfugatus which has no maculation on the pronotum and is known only from east of the Mississippi River and Minnesota. (1)
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.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)