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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) » unidentified inflexa group (Hyperaspis unidentified inflexa group)
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Small Beetle on Silverleaf Nightshade - Hyperaspis - male
Copyright © 2012 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Small Beetle on Silverleaf Nightshade - Hyperaspis - Male
San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
June 8, 2012
Small beetle with white rim and blue eyes on a Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) near a pond, also there was a Lace Bug together with it. I think the thin filaments on top are debris.

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 25 June, 2012 - 3:31pm
Last updated 17 June, 2017 - 12:17pm

Moved
Moved from Hyperaspis.
… James Bailey, 17 June, 2017 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 9 April, 2013 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Hyperaspis, probably H. caseyi or H. inflexa
The two species are very similar and the ranges overlap; I can't tell which of the two this individual is. I'm leaning toward H. inflexa, but only because the only BugGuide image of H. caseyi has red markings on the elytra. Colors are so variable in lady beetles, I wouldn't use the example of a single H. caseyi to declare that the species doesn't have white markings!

It's a male, with a completely white "face"; females have only a small white area between the eyes.
… Abigail Parker, 9 April, 2013 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Your help and hard work on this are greatly appreciated. I'd looked at the photos quite a bit previously, but somehow I didn't see the similarities with H inflexa. Thank you once again!
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 9 April, 2013 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 8 August, 2012 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2012 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

adorable!
Must be a Hyperaspis of some kind. Abbie Parker may be able to tell; may even be new for BG. I'd offer to look into it more, but I just gave my copy of the American coccinellids to her :)
… Blaine Mathison, 25 June, 2012 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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