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Hyperaspis bigeminata Randall

Description

Hyperaspis bigeminata (Randall)

NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester County: Upper Bass River, 18 May 1995, 3 June 1995, & 30 June 1995, C. Corkum, 3 specimens, NSMC; Cumberland County: East Leicester, 17 May 1995 & 2 June, 1995, C. Corkum, 15 specimens, NSMC; Fox River, 17 May 1995 & 3 June 1995, C. Corkum, 3 specimens, NSMC; Moose River, 17 May 1995, C. Corkum, NSMC; Guysborough County: Stillwater, 2 June 1995, C. Corkum, NSMC; Kings County: Coldbrook, 15 June 1967, H.B. Specht & M. Walsh, ACNS; Lunenburg County: Bridgewater, 19 June 1965 B. Wright, NSMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Found throughout the eastern United States and along the Gulf of Mexico coast as far as Texas (Gordon 1985); in Canada found in Ontario, Québec, and New Brunswick (McNamara 1991). In Nova Scotia it has been found exclusively in deciduous forests where most specimens were collected with flight intercept traps.

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Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Mccorquodale, David B., 2006, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns, pp. 49-68 in Zootaxa 1154 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273410

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Hyperaspis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Randall
Species
bigeminata
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Gordon, R. D. (1985) The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 93,1 - 912.
  • McNamara, J. (1991) Family Coccinellidae: ladybird beetles. In: Bousquet, Y. (Ed.). Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E. pp. 229 - 237.