Paranaemia

Paranaemia
P. vittigera, Yolo County, California, 2020
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Coccinellinae
Tribe:	Coccinellini
Genus:	Paranaemia Casey, 1899
Species:	P. vittigera
Binomial name
Paranaemia vittigera (Mannerheim, 1843)
Synonyms
Hippodamia vittigera Mannerheim, 1843 Ceratomegilla vittigera (Mannerheim, 1843)

Paranaemia is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There is one described species in Paranaemia, P. vittigera, the broad-striped lady beetle. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The broad-striped lady beetle is native to western North America, ^[4] where it has been recorded from Alberta to western Texas, west to British Columbia and California.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.5-6.6 mm. They have a yellow body and a black head. The pronotum has a large black lateral spot and the elytron has three black vittae. ^[5]

Biology

Like other ladybugs, it preys on aphids. ^[6]

References

1. "Paranaemia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Paranaemia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Paranaemia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "Species Paranaemia vittigera - Striped Lady Beetle". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
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.
6. Gardiner, Mary (2015). Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know about Beneficial Predatory Insects. Quarry Books. p. 83. ISBN   978-1-59253-909-3.

Further reading

• Fürsch, Helmut (1990). "Valid genera and subgenera of Coccinellidae" (PDF). Coccinella. 2 (1): 7–18. ISSN   0935-8196.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.