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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journal article
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Eriopis
sp.
(
Brèthes, 1925
) (
Fig
3m
).
Examined
material:
1 ex.
(female) “
Chile
, Isla de San Ambrosio,
31-08-2018
, leg.
María José Vilches
” “SANAM-F29-N2” (
CPDC
);
1 ex.
(female), same collection information, except by “
10-9-2018
” “MANTA S-4” (
CPDC
)
.
Original reference:
First record of a species of
Coccinellidae
for Islas Desventuradas.
Comments: The collection of only females does not allow to differentiate between three species of similar habitus present on the mainland:
E. chilensis
Hofmann
,
E. loaensis
González
and
E. concordia
González. It
is possible that the specimens were introduced from the continent or the Juan Fernández archipelago.
Summary:
Given the high endemism levels on the vegetation of the island, it is expected that something similar would occur with the
Coccinellidae
. However, the islands have been poorly entomologically prospected (
Kuschel 1963
). Further collecting of males would be needed to recognize the only species known from the island.