Exoplectra schaefferi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Genus: | Exoplectra |
Species: | E. schaefferi
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Binomial name | |
Exoplectra schaefferi Gordon, 1985
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Exoplectra schaefferi, or Schaeffer's lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3]
The name is a patronym for Charles Schaeffer who collected and described several coccinellids from the southwest US. [3]