Stethorus proximus Chazeau

Nattier, Romain, Jourdan, Hervé, Mille, Christian & Chazeau, Jean, 2015, An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4058 (3), pp. 301-331 : 320

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6111741
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scientific name	Stethorus proximus Chazeau
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Treatment

Stethorus proximus Chazeau, 1979: 296 .

Endemic to New Caledonia, it has been recorded from the west coast, where it seems restricted to sclerophyllous forest patches: Nouméa (Ouen Toro), Païta (Mt Nondoué), Pindaï peninsula. It has been seen to feed on Tetranychus neocaledonicus André by Chazeau (1979).

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Nouméa, Ouen-Toro, 23.vi.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( MNHN); Païta, Mt Nondoué, 110m, fogging on sclerophyllous forest, 28.iv.1993 (J. Chazeau, E. Guilbert & L. Bonnet de Larbogne rec.) ( MNHN), Pindaï, 30m, fogging on sclerophyllous forest, 06.x.1992 (J. Chazeau, E. Guilbert & L. Bonnet de Larbogne rec.) ( MNHN).

References

Chazeau, J. (1979) Mise au point sur le genre Stethorus en oceanie et description de deux especes nouvelles de Melanesie [Col., Coccinellidae]. Entomophaga, 24, 295 - 303.