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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Nephus » Nephus binaevatus

Species Nephus binaevatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
2 spotted beetle - Nephus binaevatus Tiny lady beetles in San Diego - Nephus binaevatus Nephus (Sidis) binaevatus (Mulsant) - Nephus binaevatus Small coccinellid with posterior red spots - maybe Nephus binaevatus? - Nephus binaevatus Small coccinellid with posterior red spots - maybe Nephus binaevatus? - Nephus binaevatus Nephus binaevatus? - Nephus binaevatus Nephus binaevatus? - Nephus binaevatus Nephus binaevatus? - Nephus binaevatus
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 Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)
Genus Nephus
Species binaevatus (Nephus binaevatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nephus (Sidis) binaevatus (Mulsant)
Orig. Comb: Scymnus (Sidis) binaevatus Mulsant, 1850
Identification
Dark brown or black
Two lighter-brown or reddish-brown spots at rear of body
Range
coastal CA from San Francisco to San Diego (including Catalina Island (1)) - Map (2)
Remarks
introduced from S. Amer. in 1923 for control of mealybugs
See Also
Similar to Nephus flavifrons but range does not overlap.
Works Cited
1.The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus
Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.
2.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 14 May, 2012 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 May, 2018 - 12:22pm

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