Brachiacantha octopustulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Hyperaspidini
Genus: Brachiacantha
Species: Brachiacantha octopustulata

Name

Brachiacantha octopustulata (Fabricius, 1801)

• original combination: Coccinella octopustulata Fabricius, 1801: 383
• Type locality: South America
• Lectotype: female ♀ ZMUC (des. Gordon et al., 2014: 26)

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Impensis bibliopoli academici novi, Kiliae, 506 pp. Online. Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D., Canepari, C. & Hanley, G.A. 2014. South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVI: systematic revision of Brachiacantha Dejean (Coccinellinae: Hyperaspidini). Insecta mundi (0390): 1–76. Full issue (PDF) Reference page.