Brachiacantha

Genus of beetles

Brachiacantha

Brachiacantha ursina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Scymninae
Genus:	Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837

Brachiacantha is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 25 described species in Brachiacantha.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Species

Brachiacantha albifrons (Say, 1824) (white-fronted lady beetle)
Brachiacantha arizonica Schaeffer, 1908 (Arizona lady beetle)
Brachiacantha aurantiapleura Nestor-Arriola, Solís and Toledo-Hernández, 2021
Brachiacantha barberi Gordon, 1985 (Barber's lady beetle)
Brachiacantha blaisdelli Nunenmacher, 1909
Brachiacantha bollii Crotch, 1873 (Boll's lady beetle)
Brachiacantha decempustulata (Melsheimer, 1847) (ten-spotted spurleg)
Brachiacantha decora Casey, 1899 (decorated lady beetle)
Brachiacantha dentata Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and Solís, 2021
Brachiacantha dentipes (Fabricius, 1801)
Brachiacantha felina (Fabricius, 1775)
Brachiacantha floridensis Blatchley, 1916
Brachiacantha gorhami (Weise, 1904)
Brachiacantha guatemalensis (Gorham, 1894)
Brachiacantha hexaspina González, Větrovec and Nestor-Arriola, 2021
Brachiacantha illustris Casey, 1899
Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch, 1873
Brachiacantha invertita Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and Solís, 2021
Brachiacantha isthmena Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and Solís, 2021
Brachiacantha lepida Mulsant, 1850
Brachiacantha mimica Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández, 2021
Brachiacantha nubes Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and Solís, 2021
Brachiacantha papiliona Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and Solís, 2021
Brachiacantha quadrillum LeConte, 1858
Brachiacantha quadripunctata Melsheimer, 1847
Brachiacantha querceti Schwarz, 1878 (oak lady beetle)
Brachiacantha rotunda (Fabricius, 1775)
Brachiacantha schwarzi Gordon, 1985
Brachiacantha soltaui Gordon, 1985
Brachiacantha stephani Gordon, 1985 (Stephan's lady beetle)
Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant, 1850
Brachiacantha tau LeConte, 1859 (t-marked lady beetle)
Brachiacantha testudo Casey, 1899 (turtle lady)
Brachiacantha tica Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and Solís, 2021
Brachiacantha ursina (Fabricius, 1787) (ursine spurleg lady beetle)
Brachiacantha uteella Casey, 1908

References

^ "Brachiacantha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Brachiacantha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael; Toledo-Hernández, Víctor Hugo; Solís, Ángel; González, Guillermo; Větrovec, Jaroslav (16 March 2021). "The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America". ZooKeys (1024): 157–196. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927. PMC 7990858. PMID 33786006.

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