Brachiacantha quadripunctata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Brachiacantha |
| Species: | B. quadripunctata
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| Brachiacantha quadripunctata Melsheimer, 1847
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Brachiacantha quadripunctata is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.50-4.0 mm. Males have a yellow head, while the head of the females is black. The pronotum is black with a yellow apical margin and anterolateral angle. The elytron is black with a basal and apical spot in females. Males have an additional humeral spot. Subspecies flavifrons is similar, but the elytron has an additional marginal spot.[4]
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Brachiacantha quadripunctata:
- Brachiacantha quadripunctata quadripunctata (Massachusetts and New York to Virginia and Tennessee, west to Iowa and Kansas)
- Brachiacantha quadripunctata flavifrons Mulsant, 1850 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
References
- ^ "Brachiacantha quadripunctata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Brachiacantha quadripunctata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Brachiacantha quadripunctata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1). The New York Entomological Society: 1–916. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.