Paranaemia vittigera
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Paranaemia is a genus of lady beetles in the subfamily Coccinellinae. There is one described species in Paranaemia, P. vittigera, the broad-striped lady beetle. The broad-striped lady beetle is native to western North America.
First described by Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in 1843, P. vittigera was considered within the genus Hippodamia. Then in 1899, Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. described the monobasic genus Paranaemia by contrasting P. vittigera's basally toothed claws with the bifid claws of Hippodamia specimens. He named the species after its characteristic "vittae" which are the black stripes found on its elytra.
A more modern study using molecular analysis with 5 nuclear genes and 1 mitochondrial gene supports Casey's morphologically based hypothesis by placing Paranaemia in an entirely separate clade from Hippodamia. Adults have an elongate, dorsoventrally flattened body that reaches a length of about 4.5-6.6 mm. They have elytra that can range from yellow to pink with three black vittae and a black head. The pronotum matches the color of the elytra has two large triangular black spots.
An adult's characteristic vittae can result in confusion with... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Striped Lady Beetle sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 288th most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Striped Lady Beetle in Mexico City on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Mexico City, in our data
Mexico City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Broad-Striped Lady Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Broad-Striped Lady Beetle that you can see in Mexico City (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Cycloneda emarginata (about 10%) and Convergent Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad-Striped Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (17 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
