Species Brachiacantha indubitabilis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

lady beetle - Brachiacantha indubitabilis - male

Brachyacantha indubitabilis Crotch - Brachiacantha indubitabilis

Brachiacantha indubitabilis on Quercus ilicifolia; Crane Wildlife Management Area - Brachiacantha indubitabilis

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

Genus Brachiacantha (Spurleg Lady Beetles)

Species indubitabilis (Brachiacantha indubitabilis)

Explanation of Names

Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch, 1873

indubitabilis - Latin for "undoubtable" This may refer to the unique pattern and distinctive male genitalia of this beetle, both unlike any other species of Brachiacantha.

Size

Length 2.5 to 3.2 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's figures (1)

Three pale spots on each elytron: two median (discal and lateral), one apical.

Male with entirely pale head and broad pale pronotal margin.

Female with pale frons (center of head) and pale lateral pronotal angle.

Range

IA-NH-NC - Map (1)(2)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

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.	The Brachiacantha (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Illinois H.W. Montgomery, Jr. and M.A. Goodrich. 2002. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 95(2): 111-130.

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 19 July, 2014 - 10:49am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 August, 2015 - 11:52am

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