Hyperaspis scutifera

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 scutifera

Name

Hyperaspis scutifera (Mulsant, 1850)

• original combination: Cleothera scutifera Mulsant, 1850: 565
• Authority for current placement: Crotch, 1874: 216
• Type locality: Venezuela: Valencia

Synonyms

• Hyperaspis incompleta Crotch, 1874: 225 (syn. Gordon & Canepari, 2008: 303)
• Hyperaspis sanctaeritae Dobzhansky, 1941: (syn. Wheeler, Evans & Vandenberg, 2010: 569)

References

Primary references

• Mulsant, E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d’Agriculture et d’Industrie, Lyon (2) 2: 1–1104. BHL Reference page. 
• Crotch, G.R. (†) 1874. A revision of the coleopterous family Coccinellidae. E. W. Janson, London. xv. + 311 pp. Internet Archive BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dobzhansky, T. G. 1941. Beetles of the genus Hyperaspis inhabiting the United States. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 101(6): 1–94. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. & Canepari, C., 2008. South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XI: A systematic revision of Hyperaspidini (Hyperaspidinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", XCIX: 245-512. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Wheeler, A.G. Jr., Evans, G.A. & Vandenberg, N.J., 2010. Pseudococcus saccharicola Takahashi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the British Virgin Islands: First Western Hemisphere Records, with Records of a Co-occurring Lady Beetle, Hyperaspis scutifera (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112(4), 565‒575. ResearchGate Reference page.