An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from New Caledonia
Author
Nattier, Romain
Author
Jourdan, Hervé
Author
Mille, Christian
Author
Chazeau, Jean
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Zootaxa
2015
4058
3
301
331
journal article
39252
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.1
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Micraspis frenata
(Erichson)
Coccinella frenata
Erichson, 1842
: 239
.
Verania frenata
:
Mulsant 1850
: 362
.
Coccinella bicruciata
Montrouzier, 1861
: 304
(pars)—synonymized by
Fauvel 1903
: 328
.
Alesia frenata
:
Masters 1888
: 90
.
Micraspis frenata
:
Pope 1988
: 679
.
This species was misidentified as
Coelophora bicruciata
by
Montrouzier (1861)
. According to
Fauvel (1903)
, who examined the
type
series of
Coelophora bicruciata
,
it was a mixture of
Coelophora inaequalis
and
Micraspis frenata
specimens. This species is common in Australasia (
Australia
, Tasmania and
Papua New Guinea
). Iablokoff-
Khnzorian (1982)
treated the species as a junior synonym of
Micraspis lineata
(
Thunberg, 1781
)
. This
Micraspis
is very common over
New Caledonia
, mostly from open areas on the west coast, but also the Central Range, Isle of Pines, and Belep Islands (Art
Island
). Its trophic preferences are wide, being mostly a hemipteran predator (aphids, cicadellids, psyllids), but it is able to eat pollen or extrafloral nectaries when prey are scarce (
Hawkeswood & Turner 2002
;
Lundgren 2009
). It has been widely recorded in close association with the invasive psyllid,
Heteropsylla cubana
, in
New Caledonia
(
Gatimel 2005
). This species has not yet been widely promoted for biocontrol, despite high potential in agroecosystems (
Chenaux
et al.
2011
).
Material examined.
NEW
CALEDONIA
: Bondé,
6.vi.1975
(J. Gutierrez rec.) (
ONNC
); Bourail, Néméara,
10.x.1958
(
Y
. Shibata rec.) (
ONNC
); Bourail, bords de la Néra,
23.vii.1988
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Bourail, bords de la Néra,
6.viii.1992
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Canala,
20.vi.1989
(J. Chazeau, L. Bonnet de Larbogne, E. Bouyé rec.) (
ONNC
); Col de la Pirogue,
16.i.1987
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Col d'Amieu,
23.vii.1977
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Col d'Amieu,
11.iii.1982
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Col de Crèvecoeur,
22.ix.1988
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Col de Koh, From La Foa to Canala
20.vi.1989
(J. Chazeau, L. Bonnet de Larbogne, E. Bouyé rec.) (
ONNC
); Col de Muéo,
17.viii.1992
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Col de Nassirah, versant Thio,
27.vi.1989
(J. Chazeau, L. Bonnet de Larbogne, E. Bouyé rec.) (
ONNC
); Col de Témala,
16.iv.1986
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Entre Moindou et Bourail, RT1 pk 148,
6.viii.1992
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Entre Port Laguerre et Tontouta,
22.xi.1987
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Environs de Port-Laguerre,
29.i.1978
(A. Delobel rec.) (
ONNC
); Environs de Houaïlou (
6 km
ouest),
23.ix.1988
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Isle of Pines, Grottes d'Oumagne,
22.viii.1988
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Kaala-Gomen,
22.ix.1986
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); La Foa,
2.x.1979
(B. Sallée rec.) (
ONNC
); Negropo,
iii.1955
(
ONNC
); Ouaco,
22.vii.1977
(J. Gutierrez rec.) (
ONNC
); Pindai,
9.ix.1992
(E. & M. Schlinger rec.) (
ONNC
); Pindai,
13.ix.1992
(D. Webb rec.) (
ONNC
); Pont de la Ouenghi, RT1,
1.xii.1981
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Pont de la Rivière du Cap, RT1,
20.ix.1988
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Port-Laguerre, ii-vi.1977 (A. Delobel rec.) (
ONNC
); Port-Laguerre, Station Agricole,
28.i.1977
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Port-Laguerre, Station Agricole,
3.iii.1977
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Pouembout,
17.ix.1975
(J. Gutierrez rec.) (
ONNC
); Pouembout sud,
17.viii.1992
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Pouembout, Franco Plage,
19.iii.1982
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Poya,
16.iv.1986
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Poya,
16.iv.1986
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Route de Faténaoué, environs confluent Ouagatch,
19.x.1988
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); RT1, environs limite provinciale (
7 km
sud),
17.viii.1992
(
ONNC
); Sarraméa,
x.1969
(P. Cochereau rec.) (
ONNC
); Timbia (Païta),
25.xii.1992
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
ONNC
); Tontouta,
20.v.1979
(B. Sallée rec.) (
ONNC
); Vallée du Diahot,
vii.1955
(
ONNC
);
Ile
longue, Chesterfield Islands,
xi.2012
(E. Bourguet et H. Jourdan rec.) (
ONNC
); La Foa, Pocquereux,
21°44’S
/
165°54’E
/
28m
,
20.iv.2001
(J. Brinon rec.) (
CXMNC
); La Foa, Pocquereux,
21°44’S
/
165°54’E
/
28m
,
05.vi.2001
(J. Brinon rec.) (
CXMNC
); La Foa, Pocquereux,
21°44’S
/
165°54’E
/
28m
,
07.viii.2001
(J. Brinon rec.) (
CXMNC
); La Foa, Pocquereux,
COL
/ins/213-14, 10.2006 (J. Sudre rec.) (
CXMNC
); Thio, tribu de Koua,
COL
/ins/
28-14
,
18.iii.2013
(R-M. M'Boueri rec.) (
CXMNC
); Yaté, Prony,
COL
/ins/67-14, 2006 (H. Jourdan rec.) (
CXMNC
); Bourail, Gouaro,
21.58113°S
/
165.42045°E
/
68m
,
ii.2001
(S. Cazères rec.) (
CXMNC
); Bourail, Gouaro,
21.58113°S
/
165.42045°E
/
68m
,
26.iii.2001
(S.Cazères rec.) (
CXMNC
); Bourail, Gouaro chez M. Houarau,
04.x.2004
(S.Cazères rec.) (
CXMNC
); Lifou,
27.vii.2002
(C. Mille rec.) (
CXMNC
); Boulouparis, Ouenghi,
21°53'51.61"S
/
166°06'49.62’’E
/
7m
,
10.ii.2012
(C. Mille rec.) (
CXMNC
); Nouméa, Ouen Toro,
24.x.1979
(J. Chazeau rec.) (
MNHN
); Nouméa, 1904 (R. Bavay rec.) (
MNHN
); Ouen Toro,
4.iv.1995
(M. Boulard rec.) (
MNHN
); Nouméa, 1929 (Risbec rec.) (
MNHN
); Sanatorium du Col de la Pirogue,
10.i.1951
(
MNHN
); Canala, 1869 (Delacour rec.) (
MNHN
).