Scymnobius timberlakei

Scymnobius timberlakei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Scymnobius
Species:	S. timberlakei
Binomial name
Scymnobius timberlakei (Gordon, 1985)
Synonyms
Nephus timberlakei Gordon, 1985

Scymnobius timberlakei is a species of dusky lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in North America ^[1] , where it has been recorded from Texas.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 1.66-2 mm. They have a brownish red body. The basal half of the elytron is dark brown.

Etymology

The species is named for P. H. Timberlake who first identified it as an undescribed species. ^[5]

References

1. "Nephus timberlakei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. "Nephus timberlakei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Nephus timberlakei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Nephus timberlakei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
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.

Further reading

• 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. Vol. 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. Vol. 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.