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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Glacial Lady Beetle (Hippodamia glacialis) » Hippodamia glacialis lecontei

Subspecies Hippodamia glacialis lecontei

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Glacial ladybird, Hippodamia glacialis - Hippodamia glacialis Glacial Lady Beetle - Hippodamia glacialis Hippodamia glacialis lecontei - Hippodamia glacialis Hippodamia glacialis lecontei - Hippodamia glacialis Hippodamia glacialis lecontei - Hippodamia glacialis Hippodamia glacialis lecontei - Hippodamia glacialis
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 Hippodamia
Species glacialis (Glacial Lady Beetle)
Subspecies lecontei (Hippodamia glacialis lecontei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hippodamia glacialis lecontei Mulsant
Orig. Comb: Hippodamia lecontei Mulsant, 1850
Identification
Gordon's Figures (c-e) (1)
The largest Hippodamia species. Markings similar to H. glacialis glacialis, but markings are not mostly limited to the end of the elytra. Generally markings merge into bars but not in all cases; highly variable. Many specimens lack convergent white lines on the pronotum. Overall probably indistinguishable from H. quinquesignata which it likely overlaps with.
Range
Rocky Mountains to s. CA - Map (1)
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 Abigail Parker on 15 June, 2011 - 8:28am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, James Bailey
Last updated 5 August, 2022 - 11:32pm

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