Coccinella prolongata

Coccinella prolongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Coccinella
Species:	C. prolongata
Binomial name
	Coccinella prolongata; (Peters, 1869)

Last updated September 09, 2019

Coccinella prolongata, the prolongate lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Coccinellidae is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from 0.8 to 18 mm. The family is commonly known as ladybugs in North America, and ladybirds in Britain and other parts of the English-speaking world. Entomologists widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not classified as true bugs.

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Coccinella prolongata:

Coccinella prolongata bridwelliNunenmacher, 1913^{i c g}
Coccinella prolongata prolongataCrotch, 1873^{i c g}
Coccinella prolongata sequoiaeDobzhansky, 1931^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4]

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References

1 2 "Coccinella prolongata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
1 2 "Coccinella prolongata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
1 2 "Coccinella prolongata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
1 2 "Coccinella prolongata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
Casey, Thomas L. (1908). "Notes on the Coccinellidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 40 (11): 393–421.
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. 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. pp. 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.

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[itis-1] 1 2 "Coccinella prolongata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

[catlife-2] 1 2 "Coccinella prolongata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

[gbif-3] 1 2 "Coccinella prolongata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

[bugref-4] 1 2 "Coccinella prolongata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

Coccinella prolongata

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Subspecies

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