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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Spurleg Lady Beetles (Brachiacantha) » Brachiacantha subfasciata

Species Brachiacantha subfasciata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
2 red spotted black beetle - Brachiacantha subfasciata Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant - Brachiacantha subfasciata - female On Fern - Brachiacantha subfasciata A few more from the one single oak on Oracle ridge trail - Brachiacantha subfasciata - female Unknown beetle - Brachiacantha subfasciata Unknown beetle - Brachiacantha subfasciata Arizona Beetle for ID - Brachiacantha subfasciata Arizona Beetle for ID - Brachiacantha subfasciata
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
Genus Brachiacantha (Spurleg Lady Beetles)
Species subfasciata (Brachiacantha subfasciata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachiacantha subfasciata (Mulsant)
Orig. Comb: Brachyacantha subfasciata Mulsant 1850
Size
Length 3.5 to 4.0 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)
Range
se AZ, c. to s. TX / Mex. - Map (stars) (1)
Remarks
Type locality: "Mexique" (1)
See Also
The south Texas specimens have an additional apical spot on each elytron, resembling H. barberi. However, H. barberi is consistently smaller and more rounded in body form. (1)

Hyperaspis lateralis Mulsant
- Range: w. NA
Det. R. Gordon, 1977
Print References
Mulsant, M.E. 1850. Species de Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Lyon 2: 1-1104.
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 Dennis Haines on 17 November, 2010 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 21 November, 2017 - 9:50am

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