Hyperaspis postica

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: Hyperaspis
Species: Hyperaspis postica

Name

Hyperaspis postica LeConte, 1880: 188

• Type locality: California
• Lectotype: female ♀, USNM (designated by Gordon, 1985: 516)

Synonyms

• Hyperaspis elliptica Casey, 1899: 126 (syn. Gordon, l.c.)
• Hyperaspis essigi Malkin, 1955: 29 (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 8: 163–218. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(1): 1–916. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae; with Appendix of Coccinellidae taken in equatorial and southern Africa during the Transit of Venus expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1882. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(2): 71–169. BHL Reference page. 
• Malkin, B. 1955. Some California species of Hyperaspis, new and old (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 31(1): 29–31. BHL Reference page.