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Species Hippodamia convergens - Convergent Lady Beetle


Determinate evolution in the color-pattern of the lady-beetles.
By Johnson, R.H.
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication No. 122. iv + 104 pp., 1910
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All of the American coccinellids which could be obtained in numbers and which showed a variable color-pattern were studied, viz, Hippodamini, Coccinellae, and Epilachnini, divisions employed by Casey (1899).

Johnson, R.H. 1910. Determinate evolution in the color-pattern of the lady-beetles. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication No. 122. iv + 104 pp.

A checklist of the Coccinellidae of Arkansas.
By Rouse, E.P., and J.B. Chapin.
Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 76-77., 1976
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Rouse, E.P., and J.B. Chapin. 1976. A checklist of the Coccinellidae of Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 76-77.

The list consists of 49 species and includes distribution by county and ecological information if known.

See also:

Rouse, E.P. and J.B. Chapin. 1980. Checklist of the Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) of Arkansas. Arkansas Academy of Science, Arkansas Biota Survey Checklist No. 26. 2 pp.

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Adventive lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Canadian Maritime Provinces...
By Hoebeke E.R., Wheeler A.G.
Entomological News 107: 281-290, 1996
Full title: Adventive lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Canadian Maritime Provinces, with new eastern US records of Harmonia quadripunctata

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The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns
By Majka C.G., McCorquodale D.B.
Zootaxa 1154: 49–68, 2006

Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) recently immigrant to Florida
By Thomas M.C., Blanchard O.J.
Florida Dept. Agric. & Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry, Entomology Circular Number 428. 5 pp., 2013

An annotated checklist of the lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Iowa, U.S.A.
By Hesler L.S.
Insecta Mundi 0091: 1-10, 2009

Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America
By Robert Gordon and Natalia Vandenberg
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1991
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Gordon, R., and Vandenberg, N. 1991. Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America, with a revised key to North American genera of Coccinellini. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93:845-864.

Available online: http://biostor.org/reference/56473

Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
By Majka C.G., McCorquodale D.B.
NRC Research Press. Ottawa, Ontario, 2010
In: Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. Edited by: McAlpine D.F., and Smith I.M. NRC Research Press. Ottawa, Ontario. pp. 439-452.
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