Biology:Cycloneda polita

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cycloneda polita
Cycloneda.polita.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Cycloneda
Species:
C. polita
Binomial name
Cycloneda polita
Casey, 1899

Cycloneda polita, known generally as the western blood-red lady beetle, polished ladybug, or western spotless ladybird beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It has red elytra without spots and a black thorax marked with a white rim and crescents.[4]

Western blood-red lady beetle, Cycloneda polita

References

  1. "Cycloneda polita Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692581. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  2. "Cycloneda polita". https://www.gbif.org/species/1043108. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  3. Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 248. ISBN 9780520288744. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14930930 entry