Biology:Hyperaspis connectens

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Hyperaspis connectens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Hyperaspis
Species:
H. connectens
Binomial name
Hyperaspis connectens
(Thunberg, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Coccinella connectens Thunberg, 1808
  • Hyperaspis lengi Schaeffer, 1905

Hyperaspis connectens, the connected lady, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2] It is found from the southern United States south through Central America and the Caribbean Islands to northern South America.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.3-3 mm. They have a black body and yellow head. The pronotum is yellow, with the median half black. The elytron has two large yellow spots.[3]

References

  1. "Hyperaspis connectens Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/152201. Retrieved 2018-01-29. 
  2. "Hyperaspis connectens Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692443. Retrieved 2018-01-29. 
  3. Gordon, Robert D.; Canepari, Claudio (January 2008). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XI: A systematic revision of Hyperaspidini (Hyperaspidinae)". Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G Doria") 99: 245-512. https://ia801908.us.archive.org/35/items/biostor-290455/biostor-290455.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2025. 
  • "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico", Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
  • Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1–912.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Wikidata ☰ Q14930574 entry