COCCINELLIDAE (Hesler and Kieckhefer, 2008)

Hesler, Louis S., Kieckhefer, Robert W., Mesman, Amy & Catangui, Michael A., 2010, Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of South Dakota: New State Record forAnatis leconteiCasey and Erratum to DeleteHyperaspis fimbriolataMelsheimer, The Coleopterists Bulletin 64 (1), pp. 84-84 : 84

COCCINELLIDAE ( COLEOPTERA ) OF SOUTH DAKOTA: NEW STATE RECORD FOR ANATIS LECONTEI CASEY AND ERRATUM TO DELETE HYPERASPIS FIMBRIOLATA MELSHEIMER

We recently published an updated list of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of South Dakota (Hesler and Kieckhefer 2008). Since then, we recorded Anatis lecontei Casey, 1899 for the first time in the state, and also noticed that we had mistakenly listed Hyperaspis fimbriolata Melsheimer, 1847 as recorded from South Dakota. In this paper, we provide collection information to add A. lecontei to the list of South Dakota Coccinellidae and an erratum to delete H. fimbriolata from the list. The number of species of Coccinellidae recorded from South Dakota remains at 79, with no net change from the addition of A. lecontei and deletion of H. fimbriolata .

New State Record. Anatis lecontei Casey ( Coccinellinae : Coccinellini ). Fall River County, South Dakota, 6 mi. south of Provo, 6-VII-2009, collectors Amy Mesman and Cheryl Huddleston. The beetle has been retained as a voucher specimen in the insect collection at the USDA-ARS North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory (NCARL). The specimen was found along a gravel road in an arid area dominated by short-grass prairie and rangeland. No prey was associated with the beetle when it was found. Anatis lecontei is distributed throughout the greater Rocky Mountain region of the United States and Canada (Gordon 1985), and Michels (1987) reported A. lecontei from Sheridan and Laramie counties in Wyoming, which are roughly 200 km from the collection site in South Dakota. Thus, the record of A. lecontei in South Dakota represents an eastward extension of its previously known distribution.

Erratum. Hyperaspis fimbriolata fimbriolata Melsheimer is a junior synonym of Hyperaspis inflexa Casey, 1899 , a species widely distributed in the United States and Canada (Gordon 1985), including South Dakota (as H. fimbriolata fimbriolata ; Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975). In contrast, Hyperaspis fimbriolata Melsheimer has only been recorded from the eastern United States (Gordon 1985). However, we mistakenly listed some speci- mens of H. inflexa as H. fimbriolata in our updated list of South Dakota Coccinellidae (Hesler and Kieckhefer 2008) , and H. fimbriolata should be deleted from the list. The corrected entry for H. inflexa in South Dakota follows.

Hyperaspis inflexa Casey ( Scymninae : Hyperaspidini ). Butte, Deuel, Harding, Hughes, Lawrence, Turner, Yankton. Specimens we examined are housed at NCARL, North Dakota State University Insect Collection (NDSU), Severin-McDaniel Insect Collection, South Dakota State University (SDSU), and in the personal collection of RWK.

Matthew Brust, Wade French, Eric Beckendorf, and Lauren Hesler graciously reviewed drafts of this paper.