Coccinellidae: Ladybirds of Western-Europe
        Subfamily Scymninae - Tribus Scymnini - Genus Nephus

     Nephus bisignatus Boheman

Harmonia quadripunctata (c) coccinellidae.net
   

[Morphology] 1.5 - 2 mm. Oval, laterally curved. Not very convex. Head and elytra black.
Frontal rim of the pronotum is brownish and unspeckled and dull with a net like structure.

Elytra black (seldom deep brown) sometimes with a brown or red rim at the top end of the posterior.
Close to the top often a brown spot of indeterminate shape.
Coarsely en densely speckled.

Compare with Nephus bipunctatus, that is somewhat larger.

Text: Johan Bogaert




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