Brachiacantha is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 25 described species in Brachiacantha.
Species
- bistripustulata group
- Brachiacantha bistripustulata <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small> (decorated lady beetle)
- buckleyi group
- Brachiacantha buckleyi <small>Crotch, 1874</small>
- Brachiacantha charlotte <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- sellata group
- Brachiacantha sellata <small>Mulsant, 1850</small>
- Brachiacantha bruchi <small>Weise, 1904</small>
- Brachiacantha esther <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha pauline <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha emma <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha jamie <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha joanne <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- juanita group
- Brachiacantha juanita <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha anita <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha hazel <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha armandi <small>(Mulsant, 1850)</small>
- Brachiacantha margaritae <small>(Crotch, 1874)</small>
- Brachiacantha octopustulata <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small>
- Brachiacantha loricata <small>(Mulsant, 1850)</small>
- Brachiacantha lynn <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha sally <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha regina <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha darlene <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha veronica <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha lauren <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha cathy <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- jill group
- Brachiacantha jill <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- blandula group
- Brachiacantha blandula <small>(Weise, 1902)</small>
- Brachiacantha april <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha clara <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- groendali group
- Brachiacantha groendali <small>(Mulsant, 1850)</small>
- Brachiacantha eva <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- debbie group
- Brachiacantha debbie <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha monica <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha parva <small>(Mulsant, 1850)</small>
- Brachiacantha amber <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- leslie group
- Brachiacantha leslie <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- trimaculata group
- Brachiacantha trimaculata <small>Leng, 1911</small>
- tucumanensis group
- Brachiacantha eleanor <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha tucumanensis <small>Weise, 1911</small>
- Brachiacantha valerie <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- bahiensis group
- Brachiacantha bahiensis <small>Brèthes, 1925</small>
- Brachiacantha pseudoarrowi <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha danielle <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha gail <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- group unassigned/unknown
- Brachiacantha appropinquata <small>(Mulsant, 1850)</small>
- Brachiacantha argentinica <small>(Weise, 1922)</small>
- Brachiacantha bilineata <small>Weise, 1902</small>
- Brachiacantha egae <small>(Crotch, 1874)</small>
- Brachiacantha sicardi <small>Leng, 1911</small>
- Brachiacantha steineri <small>Gordon & Canepari, 2014</small>
- Brachiacantha albifrons <small>(Say, 1824)</small> (white-fronted lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha arizonica <small>Schaeffer, 1908</small> (Arizona lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha aurantiapleura <small>Nestor-Arriola, SolÃÂs and Toledo-Hernández, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha barberi <small>Gordon, 1985</small> (Barber's lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha blaisdelli <small>Nunenmacher, 1909</small>
- Brachiacantha bollii <small>Crotch, 1873</small> (Boll's lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha decempustulata <small>(Melsheimer, 1847)</small> (ten-spotted spurleg)
- Brachiacantha dentata <small>Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and SolÃÂs, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha dentipes <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small>
- Brachiacantha felina <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Brachiacantha floridensis <small>Blatchley, 1916</small>
- Brachiacantha gorhami <small>(Weise</small><small>, 1904)</small>
- Brachiacantha guatemalensis <small>(Gorham, 1894)</small>
- Brachiacantha hexaspina <small>González, VÃÂtrovec and Nestor-Arriola, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha illustris <small>Casey, 1899</small>
- Brachiacantha indubitabilis <small>Crotch, 1873</small>
- Brachiacantha invertita <small>Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and SolÃÂs, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha isthmena <small>Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and SolÃÂs, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha lepida <small>Mulsant, 1850</small>
- Brachiacantha mimica <small>Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha nubes <small>Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and SolÃÂs, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha papiliona <small>Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and SolÃÂs, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha quadrillum <small>LeConte, 1858</small>
- Brachiacantha quadripunctata <small>Melsheimer, 1847</small>
- Brachiacantha querceti <small>Schwarz, 1878</small> (oak lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha rotunda <small>Gordon, 1985</small>
- Brachiacantha schwarzi <small>Gordon, 1985</small>
- Brachiacantha soltaui <small>Gordon, 1985</small>
- Brachiacantha stephani <small>Gordon, 1985</small> (Stephan's lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha subfasciata <small>Mulsant, 1850</small>
- Brachiacantha tau <small>LeConte, 1859</small> (t-marked lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha testudo <small>Casey, 1899</small> (turtle lady)
- Brachiacantha tica <small>Nestor-Arriola, Toledo-Hernández and SolÃÂs, 2021</small>
- Brachiacantha ursina <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> (ursine spurleg lady beetle)
- Brachiacantha uteella <small>Casey, 1908</small>
References
- "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico", Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
- Belicek, Joseph (1976). "Coccinellidae of western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae, vol. 12, no. 4, 283âÂÂ409.
- Canepari, Claudio (1990). "Who is the author of several genera of Coccinellidae: CHEVROLAT or DEJEAN?". Coccinella, vol. 2, no. 1, 38âÂÂ39.
- Duverger, Christian (2001). "Contribution àla connaissance des Hyperaspidinae (2ème note)". Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, vol. 29, no. 4, 221âÂÂ228.
- Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1âÂÂ912.
- Montgomery, H. Wilson Jr., and Michael A. Goodrich (2002). "The Brachiacantha (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Illinois". Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, vol. 95, no. 2, 111âÂÂ130.
- Vandenberg, Natalia J. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807". American Beetles, vol. 2; Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 371âÂÂ389.
Further reading
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Brachiacantha
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
- 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.