Hyperaspis major

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 major

Name

Hyperaspis major Dobzhansky, 1941

• original combination: Hyperaspis bicentralis major Dobzhansky, 1941: 33
• Authority for current placement: Gordon, 1985: 444
• Type locality: Illinois: Riverside
• Holotype: male ♂, USNM

Synonyms

• Hyperaspis congeminata Watson, 1969: 368 (syn. Gordon, l.c.)

References

Primary 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. 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

• Watson, W.Y. 1969. Three New Species of Hyperaspis from Eastern North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Michigan Entomologist 1(10): 366–370. Full text PDF Reference page.