Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) From Chinese Hemlocks Infested With The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges Tsugae Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae)
Author
Yu, Guoyue
Author
Montgomery, Michael E.
Author
Yao, Defu
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2000
2000-06-30
54
2
154
199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0154:lbccfc]2.0.co;2
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0154:LBCCFC]2.0.CO;2
Harmonia
quadripunctata
(Pontoppidan)
Coccinella quadripunctata
Pontoppidan 1763
(
Denmark
)
.
Harmonia
quadripunctata
: Mader 1932
(Europe,
Asia Minor
, Siberia); IablokoffKhnzorian 1982;
Vandenberg 1990
(Eastern
United States
);
Kuznetsov 1997
(
Russia
).
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
), from the Russian Far East to Europe,
Asia Minor
, Eastern
United States
(introduced).
Specimen Examined.
1 Ƌ,
Yunnan
: Lijiang: Wenbishan.
Remarks.
The specimen examined is unique in maculation with 10 black spots on each elytron plus a scutelar spot. The male genitalia are identical with the illustration given by
Kapur (1963b)
. It is a new record for
China
.
Genus
Calvia
Mulsant
Calvia championorum
Booth
Calvia championorum
Booth 1997
(
India
)
, Yu and Wang 1999 (Taiwan).
Calvia trilochana
:
Jing 1992
(nec.
Kapur 1963a
).
Sospita
(
Myzia
)
horni
:
Wei
et al.
1985
(nec.
Crotch 1874
).
Distribution.
China
(
Shaanxi
,
Yunnan
,
Sichuan
,
Taiwan)
,
India
.
Specimen Examined.
1 Ƌ,
Shaanxi
: Ningshan.
Remarks.
Booth (1997)
stated that the elytron sometimes has a weak suggestion of three pale longitudinal stripes. We found three black stripes on the underside of the elytron. This species was observed in the laboratory to prey voraciously on the hemlock woolly adelgid.
Tribe
Halyziini
Genus
Halzia
Mulsant
Halyzia sedecimguttata
(Linnaeus)
Coccinella sedecimguttata
Linnaeus 1758
(Europe)
.
Halyzia sedecimguttata
:
Mulsant 1846
; Mader 1934;
Sasaji 1971
(
Japan
);
Bielawski 1984
(
Mongolia
); IablokoffKhnzorian 1982;
Ran 1985
(Shaanxi);
Kuznetsov 1997
;
Yu
et al.
1997
(Sichuan).
Distribution.
China
(
Shaanxi
,
Sichuan
);
Japan
,
Korea
,
Mongolia
, Russian,
Middle Asia, Caucasus,
Byelorussia
,
Ukraine
,
Moldova
,
Asia Minor
, Europe.
Specimen Examined.
1 Ƌ, Sichuan: Baoxing.