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Brumoides septentrionis

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Species of beetle

Brumoides septentrionis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Brumoides
Species:
B. septentrionis
Binomial name
Brumoides septentrionis
(Weise, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Brumus septentrionis Weise, 1885
  • Brumus septentrionis var. davisi Leng, 1908
  • Exochomus hoegei Gorham, 1894
  • Exochomus orbiculatus Leng, 1908
  • Exochomus ovoideus Casey, 1899
  • Exochomus desertorum Casey, 1899
  • Brumus septentrionis var. nevadensis Leng, 1908

Brumoides septentrionis 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 2.9-3 mm. Adults are black, but the background colour of the elytron is yellowish brown to red.[4]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Brumoides septentrionis:

  • Brumoides septentrionis davisi (Leng, 1908) (southeastern Canada to Virginia, west to Minnesota)
  • Brumoides septentrionis hogei (Gorham, 1894) (Mexico and from Colorado to western Texas, west to Idaho and Arizona)
  • Brumoides septentrionis septentrionis (Weise, 1885) (Hudson Bay to northern Arizona, west to Alaska and northern California)

References

  1. ↑ "Brumoides septentrionis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692518. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  2. ↑ "Brumoides septentrionis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1043057. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  3. ↑ Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (The New York Entomological Society) 93 (1): 1–916. https://ia600502.us.archive.org/2/items/journalofnewyo9311985newy/journalofnewyo9311985newy.pdf. Retrieved August 4, 2025. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

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