Adalia bipunctata f. quadrimaculata
(Two-spot Ladybird - Red-on-black Four Spotted Form)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormAdalia bipunctata f. quadrimaculata (Two-spot Ladybird - Red-on-black Four Spotted Form)
SpeciesAdalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-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 bipunctata f. quadrimaculata (Two-spot Ladybird - Red-on-black Four Spotted Form) :
1: Adalia bipunctata f. quadrimaculata (Two-spot Ladybird - Red-on-black Four Spotted Form)
18 May 1975 OSGR: SU66 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 3: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged

Adalia bipunctata f. quadrimaculata (Two-spot Ladybird - Red-on-black Four Spotted Form) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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