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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Eriopis opposita
(Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
(
Fig 3l
).
Examined material: 2 exx. “
Chile
, Islas J. Fernández” “
Eriopis opposita
Guerín, Hofmann
det. 58” “Colección P. Germain” (
MNHN
); 2 exx. “Islas J. Fernández” “
Eriopis opposita
Guerín, Hofmann
det. 58” “Colección P. Germain” (
MNHN
); 7 exx. “
Chile
, Islas J. Fernández” “Colección P. Germain” (
MNHN
); 2 exx. “J. Fernández 6 [18]95” “Colección P. Germain” (
MNHN
).
Original reference: Guérin-Méneville (1842) (as
Cocc
. (
Hippodamia
)
opposita
): = “de l’île Juan Fernandez, au
Chili
”.
Comments: This endemic species is common in the archipelago. Undoubtedly, the species belongs to the
Eriopis
genus, but it differs from the others by presenting insular gigantism and other morphological differences.