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Species Hyperaspis binotata

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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)
Explanation of Names
Hyperaspis binotata (Say 1826)
Size
2.4‒4.5 mm(1)
Identification
Gordon's figures(1)
other spp. with this colour pattern
- all from Okla.
Dets. R. Gordon
Range
e. NA ‒ Map (1)(2) (Gordon's description of this species' range doesn't match his map)
Remarks
a common, widespread species recognized with certainty only from male genitalia(1)
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, v belov, James Bailey
Last updated 30 October, 2023 - 12:05pm

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