Adalia decempunctata form decempustulata
(a 10-spot ladybird (chequered form))

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormAdalia decempunctata form decempustulata (a 10-spot ladybird (chequered form))
SpeciesAdalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird)
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Adalia decempunctata form decempustulata (a 10-spot ladybird (chequered form) :
1: Adalia decempunctata form decempustulata (a 10-spot ladybird (chequered form)
29 May 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 10’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female of mating pair
Image 1: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - forma decempustulata - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - forma decempustulata - magnifiedImage 3: Female - rear three-quarter view - forma decempustulata - magnifiedImage 4: Maiting pair - dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Maiting pair - dorso-lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Maiting pair - dorso-lateral view - magnified (2)Image 7: Maiting pair - front three-quarter view - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Maiting pair - front three-quarter view - magnifiedImage 9: Maiting pair - lateral view - magnifiedImage 10: Maiting pair - postero-lateral view - magnified

Adalia decempunctata form decempustulata (a 10-spot ladybird (chequered form) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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