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Cycloneda sanguinea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Coccinellidae Genus: Cycloneda Species: C. sanguinea Binomial name Cycloneda sanguinea
(Linnaeus, 1763)Synonyms Coccinella sanguinea Linnaeus, 1763
Cycloneda sanguinea is a widespread species of ladybird beetle in the Americas.
Distribution
Cycloneda sanguinea is the most widespread ladybird beetle in Latin America,[1] with a distribution that ranges from the southern United States to Argentina,[2] and eastward to the Cayman Islands.[3] On the Galápagos Islands, it lives in sympatry with its sister species, Cycloneda galapagensis.[2]
Description
Cycloneda sanguinea is a large ladybird beetle with red, unspotted elytra (wing covers).[3] Its pupae have the remarkable ability to "bite" potential predators using a device known as a "gin trap".[4]
References
- ^ Charles Leonard Hogue (1993). "Ladybird beetles". Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. pp. 275–276. ISBN 9780520078499. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3CTf8bnlndwC&pg=PA276.
- ^ a b Stewart Blaine Peck (2006). "Family Coccinellidae. The Ladybird Beetles". The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC monograph publishing program. NRC Research Press. pp. 200–205. ISBN 9780660194219. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yQHz6Iq5_DAC&pg=PA204.
- ^ a b R. R. Askew (1994). "Insects of the Cayman Islands". In M. A. Brunt & J. E. Davies. The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography. Volume 71 of Monographiae Biologicae. Springer. pp. 333–356. ISBN 9780792324621. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9rjEbZWPLvcC&pg=PA349.
- ^ Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner & Melody Siegler (2005). "Cycloneda sanguinea. A ladybird beetle". Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-legged Creatures. Harvard University Press. pp. 206–210. ISBN 9780674018822. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rjPZWwhS7GUC&pg=PA208.
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