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Species Hyperaspis troglodytes - Troglodyte Lady Beetle

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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 troglodytes (Troglodyte Lady Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis troglodytes Mulsant, 1853
Size
Length 2.0 to 2.75 mm (1)
Identification

Det. R. Gordon, 1986
Black with 5 pale spots on each elytron (wing cover)
Male with pale pronotal margin, female with entirely black pronotum
Range
mostly New England to the Upper Midwest with scattered sc US records - Map (1)(2)(3)(BG data)
Karl Stephan reported 9 spmns from Latimer Co., OK (3)
Remarks
Hyperaspis troglodytes is so rare in collections that the possible range of variation cannot be assessed. (1)
See Also
Hyperaspis disconotata has the similar pattern but basal elytral spots nearly touch, plus body shape is more oval:

Brachiacantha, ursina group, may have similar pattern but forelegs always with tibial spur (which no Hyperaspis species has).
Print References
Gordon, 1985, esp. pp. 534-536, figs. 437-438.(1)
Majka and Robinson, 2009.(2)
Internet References
Type specimen of "Hyperaspis discreta" at the MCZ, Harvard