Hyperaspis connectens
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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: | Hyperaspis |
| Species: | H. connectens
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| Hyperaspis connectens (Thunberg, 1808)
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Hyperaspis connectens, the connected lady, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2] It is found from the southern United States south through Central America and the Caribbean Islands to northern South America.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.3-3 mm. They have a black body and yellow head. The pronotum is yellow, with the median half black. The elytron has two large yellow spots.[3]
References
- ^ "Hyperaspis connectens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Hyperaspis connectens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ Gordon, Robert D.; Canepari, Claudio (January 2008). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XI: A systematic revision of Hyperaspidini (Hyperaspidinae)" (PDF). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 99. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G Doria": 245–512. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico", Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
- Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1–912.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.