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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) » Hyperaspis binotata

Species Hyperaspis binotata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis binotata - male

Hyperaspis binotata (Say) - Hyperaspis binotata

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 Hyperaspidini

Genus Hyperaspis (Sigil Lady Beetles)

Species binotata (Hyperaspis binotata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hyperaspis binotata (Say)

Orig. Comb: Coccinella binotata Say, 1826

Size

2.4 to 4.5 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures - Elytron black with single reddish orange variably-sized spot (1)

NOTE: while Hyperaspis binotata is a common, widespread species, it is recognized with certainty only if the male genitalia are examined. (1)

Also see this page for other Hyperaspis with this colour pattern.

Range

e. N. Amer. - Map (1),(2)

NOTE: Gordon's description of this species' range, "Maine and Quebec to North Carolina, west to North Dakota and Louisiana. Peripheral locality; DeFuniak Spring, Florida" doesn't quite fit with his range map above...

Remarks

a common, widespread species, but recognized with certainty only if the male genitalia are examined. (1)

See Also

- range: se. US

Hyperaspis inedita Mulsant

Dets. R. Gordon, 1987

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.

2.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 23 October, 2013 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, James Bailey
Last updated 6 April, 2021 - 8:33pm

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