Brumoides septentrionis

Short description: Species of beetle

Brumoides septentrionis

Scientific classification
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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Subspecies
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading

## 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. ↑ "Brumoides septentrionis species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/171262. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. ↑ 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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