DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera)
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Pentinsaari, Mikko
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Anderson, Robert
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Borowiec, Lech
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Bouchard, Patrice
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Brunke, Adam
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Douglas, Hume
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Smith, Andrew B. T.
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Hebert, Paul D. N.
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.894.37862
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.894.37862
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Chilocorus renipustulatus (Scriba, 1791)
Figure 33
Distribution.
Native to the Palaearctic region. Widespread in Europe, also recorded from Siberia and the Russian Far East (
Kovar
2007
). Adventive in the Nearctic region (Ontario, Canada).
Canadian records.
Ontario: Hamilton, 22-Sep-2014 to 03-Oct-2014 (1 ex, CBG); Mississauga, 19-Sep-2016 to 30-Sep-2016 (3 exx, CBG); Windsor, 22-Sep-2014 to 03-Oct-2014 (1 ex, CBG).
Diagnostic information
(based on
Fuersch
1967
and
Gordon 1985
). Body length 4-5 mm. Habitus as in
Fig. 33A
. Black, shiny, with a single rounded or slightly transverse orange-red macula on each elytron, abdomen laterally and apically orange, medial part of first ventrite black. Pronotum without distinct microsculpture on disc. Male genitalia as in
Fig. 33B, C
.
Bionomic notes.
The main habitat in Europe is broadleaf forest, and the preferred prey are scale insects, in particular
Chionaspis salicis
(Linnaeus, 1758) (
Koch 1989b
). The Canadian specimens were collected with Malaise traps in suburban residential areas.
Comments.
Chilocorus kuwanae
Silvestri, 1909, an East Asian species introduced to the United States and recorded from across the country (
Gordon 1985
;
Hendrickson et al. 1991
), was recently synonymized with
C. renipustulatus
by
Bienkowski
(2018)
. According to
Bienkowski
, male genitalia are similar throughout the distribution areas of both species. However,
Bienkowski
did not study any type material. One of the Canadian specimens shares an identical barcode haplotype with specimens of
C. renipustulatus
from Germany and Finland, others are slightly divergent (p-distance to European material varies from 0.006 to 0.015). Unfortunately, no barcode data are available for
C. kuwanae
. No Canadian records have been previously published under either name.
Chilocorus renipustulatus
is externally very similar to
Chilocorus stigma
(Say, 1835) and its closest relatives. It can be distinguished using the male genitalia and microsculpture of the pronotum. In
C. stigma
and allied species, the interspace between punctures on the disc of the pronotum is covered by finely engraved, netlike microsculpture. In
C. renipustulatus
, the interspace is smooth and shiny, with no visible microsculpture on disc. The orange maculae on the elytra are more transverse in
C. renipustulatus
than in
C. stigma
in the examined DNA barcoded Canadian material of these species, but the maculae are known to vary in size and shape in
C. renipustulatus
(
Bienkowski
, 2018).
Figures 33, 34.
33
Chilocorus renipustulatus
(Scriba)
33A
habitus, L. Borowiec
33B
median lobe (penis guide) and parameres, ventral view
33C
penis (sipho), tip in lateral view
34
Nephus bisignatus
(Boheman)
34A
habitus, S. Karjalainen
34B
median lobe (penis guide) and parameres, lateral view
34C
penis (sipho), tip in lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (
33A
), 0.5 mm (
33B; 34A
), 0.2 mm (
33C; 34B
), 0.1 mm (
34C
).