Brachiacantha quadripunctata

Brachiacantha quadripunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Brachiacantha
Species:	B. quadripunctata
Binomial name
Brachiacantha quadripunctata Melsheimer, 1847
Synonyms
Brachiacantha 4-punctataMelsheimer, 1847 Brachiacantha basalisMelsheimer, 1847 Brachiacantha confusaMulsant, 1850 Brachiacantha diversaMulsant, 1850 Brachyacantha flavifronsMulsant, 1850 Hyperaspis carolinaCasey, 1924

Brachiacantha quadripunctata 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 2.50-4.0 mm. Males have a yellow head, while the head of the females is black. The pronotum is black with a yellow apical margin and anterolateral angle. The elytron is black with a basal and apical spot in females. Males have an additional humeral spot. Subspecies flavifrons is similar, but the elytron has an additional marginal spot. ^[4]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Brachiacantha quadripunctata:

• Brachiacantha quadripunctata quadripunctata (Massachusetts and New York to Virginia and Tennessee, west to Iowa and Kansas)
• Brachiacantha quadripunctata flavifronsMulsant, 1850 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)

References

1. "Brachiacantha quadripunctata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Brachiacantha quadripunctata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Brachiacantha quadripunctata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. 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

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.