Arawana arizonica

Arawana arizonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Arawana
Species:	A. arizonica
Binomial name
Arawana arizonica (Casey, 1899)
Synonyms
Exochomus arizonicaCasey 1899

Arawana arizonica is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in North America ^[2] , where it has been recorded from Arizona.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.25-3.50 mm. Adults are black or piceous, the elytron with a red spot. ^[5]

References

1. "Arawana arizonica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
2. "Arawana arizonica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
3. "Arawana arizonica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
4. "Arawana arizonica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
5. Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1). The New York Entomological Society: 1–916. Retrieved August 4, 2025.

Further reading

• Casey, Thomas L. (1908). "Notes on the Coccinellidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 40 (11): 393–421. doi:10.4039/Ent40393-11.
• Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1): 1–912. ISSN   0028-7199.
• Gordon, Robert; Vandenberg, Natalia (1991). "Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3 (136). Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). "Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807". American Beetles. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press: 371–389. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.