Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Red-spotted beetle
Posted by eguzki on 18-02-2007 22:18
#1
Locaton: Hungary
Size: just a few mm.
Habitat: garden
Date: 13-02-07
I found it on an sorb-tree in my garden. It was very tiny and perfectly motionless and sat benumbed on a branch. It seemed to be like a Ladybird but it was smaller maybe. Has four red spots on its black chitin as you can see below. Probably not a rare species but I don't know what this beetle is exactly.
Posted by Xespok on 18-02-2007 23:01
#2
I think this is a common variant of Adalia bipunctata. Very common in Hungary.
Posted by Sergey Golubev on 19-02-2007 16:45
#3
I agree with Xespok. This is a colour variation of Adalia bipunctata. See original type of A.bipunctata coloration on the picture attached.
Cheers, Sergey
Posted by Ben Hamers on 19-02-2007 20:32
#4
Why not Exochomus quadripustulatus ?
Ben
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 19-02-2007 21:01
#5
I agree with Ben, this must be E. 4-pustulatus. Shape and position of the spots point directly to that species.
Posted by lweit on 21-02-2007 19:29
#6
Hello
In FE this species is Brumus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Louis
Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-02-2007 20:44
#7
Just a reminder that Fauna Europaea also expresses the opinion of the contributing/consulted specialists when it come to the nomenclature used. It does not always mean that is the most widely accepted nomenclature, though usually it probably is.
Posted by eguzki on 23-02-2007 12:03
#8
Hi
Thank you all of you who tried to ID this beetle. "N?gypettyes szerencsekata" is the nice Hungarian name of this beetle probably undecipherable for you:D