Coccinella transversoguttata

Coccinella transversoguttata, the transverse ladybird, is a species of ladybird beetle occurring across Europe and North America. It is not to be confused with another species by the same common name, Coccinella transversalis, a widespread species across Australia and Asia.

Coccinella transversoguttata
Near Lyman, Utah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Coccinella
Species:	C. transversoguttata
Binomial name
Coccinella transversoguttata Faldermann, 1835
Synonyms
Coccinella ephippiata Zetterstedt, 1838 Coccinella trifasciata O. Fabricius, 1780 (preocc.) Coccinella quinquenotata Kirby, 1837 (preocc.) Coccinella transversalis Mulsant, 1850 (preocc.) Coccinella nugatoria Mulsant, 1850 Coccinella novemstigma Mulsant, 1850 Coccinella geminopunctata Liu, 1962

Subspecies

• Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata
• Coccinella transversoguttata ephippiata Zetterstedt, 1838 (Greenland)
• Coccinella transversoguttata richardsoni Brown, 1962 (Labrador to Virginia, west to Alaska and California)^[1]