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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus » elytral tips pale (Scymnus elytral tips pale) » Scymnus rubricaudus

Species Scymnus rubricaudus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Scymninae
Tribe Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)
Genus Scymnus
No Taxon (elytral tips pale)
Species rubricaudus (Scymnus rubricaudus)
Explanation of Names
Scymnus rubricaudus Casey, 1899
rubricaudus (L). "red tail," referring to the reddish rear end of this species.
Size
Length: 1.65 - 2.05 mm (1)
Identification
Gordon's figures (1)
Range
e US (TX-FL-MA-WI / Ont.) (disjunct records in ND-SD) (1) (no online map)
Remarks
Type Locality: Kansas
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7: 71-169.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
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 11 March, 2012 - 1:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 July, 2018 - 2:57pm

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