Biology:Brachiacantha tau
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Brachiacantha tau | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Brachiacantha |
| Species: | B. tau
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachiacantha tau LeConte, 1859
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Brachiacantha tau, the t-marked larkspur lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. In the Brachiacantha genus, the oval-shaped shiny beetles are usually about 2-3 mm in length. The larvae are not usually encountered because they feed on scale insects within ant colonies. Adults are sometimes found on flowers or hunting within foliage in North America. [1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Valerie's Austin Bug Collection: Insects > Coleoptera (Beetles) > Coccinellidae (Ladybird beetles)". http://www.austinbug.com/coccinellidae2.html.
- ↑ "Brachiacantha tau Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692494. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brachiacantha tau". https://www.gbif.org/species/1043563. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brachiacantha tau species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/88381. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
Wikidata ☰ Q14930645 entry
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