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Parastethorus histrio

  • 1. Sociedad Chilena de Entomología, Santiago, Chile
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Sta. Rosa 11735, Santiago, Chile.

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Gonzalez, Guillermo, Cotoras, Darko D. & Grez, Audrey A., 2020, Annotated list of island lady beetles from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), pp. 501-526 in Zootaxa 4852 (5) on page 510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4410156

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Event date
2006-04-21
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Parastethorus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chazeau
Species
histrio
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2006-04-21
Taxonomic concept label
Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau, 1974) sec. Gonzalez, Cotoras & Grez, 2020

References

  • Gonzalez, G. (2008) Lista y distribucion geografica de especies de Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) presentes en Chile. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 57, 77 - 107.
  • Aguilera, A. (1987) Nuevas localidades para Stethorus histrio Chazeau (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) en Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 15, 33 - 36.