Hyperaspis connectens

Hyperaspis connectens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Hyperaspis
Species:	H. connectens
Binomial name
Hyperaspis connectens (Thunberg, 1808)
Synonyms
Coccinella connectensThunberg, 1808 Hyperaspis lengiSchaeffer, 1905

Hyperaspis connectens, the connected lady, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found from the southern United States south through Central America and the Caribbean Islands to northern South America.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.3-3 mm. They have a black body and yellow head. The pronotum is yellow, with the median half black. The elytron has two large yellow spots. ^[3]

References

1. "Hyperaspis connectens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
2. "Hyperaspis connectens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
3. Gordon, Robert D.; Canepari, Claudio (January 2008). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part XI: A systematic revision of Hyperaspidini (Hyperaspidinae)" (PDF). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 99. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G Doria": 245–512. Retrieved August 1, 2025.

• "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico", Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
• Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1–912.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.