Hyperaspis troglodytes

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 troglodytes

Name

Hyperaspis troglodytes (Mulsant, 1853)

• Original combination: Cleothera troglodytes Mulsant, 1853: 91
• Authority for current placement: Casey, 1899: 127
• Type locality: USA

Synonyms

• Hyperaspis discreta LeConte, 880: 187 (syn. Casey, l.c.)
• Hyperaspis novascotiae Chapin, 1955: 153 (syn. Gordon, 1985: 534)

References

Primary references

• Mulsant, E. 1853. Supplement a la monographie des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (2) 1: 129–333. BHL Reprinted as Opuscules Entomologiques 3: 1–205. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Chapin, E.A. 1955. On some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Psyche 62(4): 152-156. Full text PDF 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. 
• 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.