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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 signata or binotata group (Hyperaspis unidentified signata or binotata group)

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Copyright © 2012 Stephen Luk

Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis -

Pine Lake, Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
July 18, 2012
Size: 2.2 mm

Looks like a female of the signata group.

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Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis - female

Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis - female

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 26 July, 2012 - 2:44pm
Last updated 25 March, 2014 - 4:45pm

do you still have the specimen?

The extremely tiny size is throwing me off a bit...a midsummer female that's only 2.2 mm is unusual for any sp. of Hyperaspis, although factors like larval diet and unusual weather during larval development can affect the size of the adult. (Do you remember if the weather was unseasonably hot or dry around that time?)

In Ontario the options in the signata group are limited to H. signata signata and H. conviva; this doesn't look dorsoventrally flattened enough for H. conviva. If you've still got the specimen, a lateral photo could settle the question. If not, she's still a nice addition to the signata group node.

… Abigail Parker, 30 July, 2013 - 12:08pm

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Specimen...

Thought it was lost but I found it recently. Does not look too dorsoventrally flattened to me. What do you think?

… Stephen Luk, 25 March, 2014 - 4:48pm

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no, not very flattened

She's a little flatter-looking in the lateral photo than the first photo, but still more convex than I'd expect from H. conviva.

I'm noticing a distinct difference in the puncture size/spacing of the pronotum and elytra; I know there are some spp. of Hyperaspis where those features can help with identification. I'll look into it and see if it applies to H. signata vs. H. conviva.

… Abigail Parker, 27 March, 2014 - 9:55am

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Moved

Moved from Hyperaspis.

… Stephen Luk, 15 May, 2013 - 8:28am

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yes, signata group female

I can't get it any further from a photo. Feel free to move her to the signata group node, the photo quality is high and it's a great example of the bright blue eyes.

… Abigail Parker, 14 May, 2013 - 10:16am

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