Brachiacantha tau
| Brachiacantha tau | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Brachiacantha |
| Species: | B. tau |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachiacantha tau LeConte, 1859 | |
Brachiacantha tau, the t-marked larkspur lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. In the Brachiacantha genus, the oval-shaped shiny beetles are usually about 2–3 mm in length. The larvae are not usually encountered because they feed on scale insects within ant colonies. Adults are sometimes found on flowers or hunting within foliage in North America.[1][2][3][4] It has been recorded from Kansas, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Texas and Utah.[5]
References
- ↑ "Valerie's Austin Bug Collection: Insects > Coleoptera (Beetles) > Coccinellidae (Ladybird beetles)".
- ↑ "Brachiacantha tau Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brachiacantha tau". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brachiacantha tau species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ 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
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.