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Heterocaria riedeli
Heterocaria riedeli is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Indonesia (Western New Guinea) and Papua New Guinea.
From the article Heterocaria riedeli on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.1–6.3 mm (0.20–0.25 in). The frons and antennae are yellow, while the pronotum is yellow anteriorly, but with a large medial black area. The scutellum and elytra are black, the latter each with a yellow rectangle, two spots laterally, and with the borders and suture black.
In human culture
The species is named after Alexander Riedel, who first collected the species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1046652.