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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) » Hyperaspis bigeminata

Species Hyperaspis bigeminata

Hyperaspis bigeminata (Randall) - Hyperaspis bigeminata

Adult of Hyperaspis bigeminata - Hyperaspis bigeminata

Small, Black Ladybug With Red Spots? - Hyperaspis bigeminata

Bigeminate Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis bigeminata

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 bigeminata (Hyperaspis bigeminata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hyperaspis bigeminata (Randall)

Orig. Comb: Coccinella bi-geminata Randall 1838

Explanation of Names

bigeminata (L). 'double twin spotted'... (1)

Size

2.3-3.4 mm (2)

Identification

Gordon's figures (3)

Elytra with a large red or yellow apical spot; a large pale spot occupying entire lateral area of pronotum. (2)

Range

e. NA (TX-FL-NB-MI) - Map (3),(2)

Habitat

Asso. w/ deciduous forests (2)

Season

Found on cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia) in c. TX throughout a collecting period of March-August (4)

Food

Predators of various Homoptera (5)

Remarks

One of the most common arboreal coccinellids in Oak-Juniper Woodlands of c. TX (4)

Print References

Randall, J.W. 1838. Description of New Species of Coleopterous Insects Inhabiting the State of Maine. Boston Society of Natural History, 2(1): 1-33. Full Text

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Hyperaspis and Brachiacantha (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae):two poorly known genera of native lady beetles in the Maritime Provinces Majka C.G., Robinson S. 2009. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 5: 3‒11.

3.	The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.

4.	Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.

5.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by tom murray on 9 May, 2006 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, James Bailey, Abigail Parker, PaleoJon
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 10:38am

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