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Brumoides septentrionis

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Brumoides septentrionis is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

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Brumoides septentrionis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
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
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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)

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