Chilocorus nigrita ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Li, Wenjing, Huo, Lizhi, Wang, Di, Ahrens, Dirk & Wang, Xingmin, 2018, Contribution to the genus Chilocorus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini), with descriptions of two new species from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 469, pp. 1-34 : 9

Chilocorus nigrita ( Fabricius, 1798)

Figs 4 , 21

Coccinella nigrita Fabricius, 1798: 79 .

Chilocorus nigrita – Bielawski 1957: 86. — Booth 1998: 362. — Poorani 2002: 312.

Chilocorus nigritus – Mulsant 1850: 463. — Crotch 1874: 184. — Korschefsky 1932: 240. — Nagaraja & Hussainy 1967: 252. — Leeper 1976: 287. — Kovář 2007: 593.

non Chilocorus nigritus – Liu 1963: 78.

Material examined

CHINA: Yunnan Prov.: 2 ƋƋ, 2 ♀♀, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, 550 m a.s.l., 11 Aug. 2013, X.S. Chen leg. ( SCAU); 2 ♀♀, Ruili, 20 Oct. 2000, Z.Q. Peng leg. ( SCAU); 2 ♀♀, Dengshandao, Ruili, 22 Oct. 2000, Z.Q. Peng leg. ( SCAU).

Distribution

China (Yunnan) ( Fig. 21 ), Far East, Indian subcontinent, Oriental region, Australian region, USA, Brazil, Africa.

Figures

Fig. 4. Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius, 1798). a. Dorsal view. b. Lateral view. c. Frontal view. d.Abdomen. e. Penis. f. Apex of penis. g. Tegmen, lateral view. h. Tegmen, ventral view. i. ovipositor. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. (SCAU)

Fig. 21. Distribution map. () = Chilocorus politus Mulsant, 1850; () = C. yunlongensis Cao & Xiao, 1984; (●) = C. nigricaeruleus Li & Wang sp. nov.; (Ǫ) = C. nigrita (Fabricius, 1798); (▲) = C. melas Weise, 1898; () = C. rubidus Hope, 1831; (■) = C. chinensis Miyatake, 1970; (□) = C. rufitarsis Motschulsky, 1853; () = C. hauseri Weise, 1895; () = C. circumdatus (Gyllenhal, 1808).