Annotated list of island lady beetles from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Author
Gonzalez, Guillermo
Sociedad Chilena de Entomología, Santiago, Chile
Author
Cotoras, Darko D.
0000-0003-1739-5830
Entomology Department, California Academy of Sciences. 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. darkocotoras @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1739 - 5830
darkocotoras@gmail.com
Author
Grez, Audrey A.
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Sta. Rosa 11735, Santiago, Chile.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-18
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Parastethorus histrio
(Chazeau 1974)
(
Fig 5d
).
Examined
material: 2 exx. “
Chile
, Isla de Pascua, Hanga Roa,
27°9′24.6″ S
109°26′08.0″ W
,
21-IV-2006
, col.
J. Mondaca
” (
MNHN
)
.
Original reference:
González (2008)
: “
Isla
de Pascua”.
Comments: The native distribution of the species is around the Indian Ocean, later introduced to South America as predator for spider mites (
Arachnida
: Tetranichydae). It is also present in
Argentina
,
Brazil
,
Perú
,
Paraguay
and
Uruguay
. In
Chile
is distributed between Arica and
Valparaíso
(González 2006), where it has been recorded as a predator of mite pests
Panonychus citri
(Mc. Gregor)
,
Tetranychus urticae
Kock
,
Brevipalpus chilensis
Baker
and
Panonychus ulmi
(Koch) (
Aguilera 1987
)
.