Mada spinula

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Mada spinula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Mada
Species:
M. spinula
Binomial name
Mada spinula
Gordon, 1975

Mada spinula is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Colombia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.65–4.61 mm. Adults are similar to Mada deyrollei , but the head is brownish yellow, the pronotum is black with piceous anterior margin and a brownish yellow lateral margin and the elytron is bluish black with a reddish piceous lateral margin. [1]

References

  1. Gordon, Robert D. (1975). "A revision of the Epilachininae of the western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Technical Bulletins. 158584. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service: 1–419. Retrieved August 10, 2025.