Harmonia quadripunctata ( Pontoppidan, 1763 )

Najajrah, Mohammad H., Swaileh, Khalid M. & Qumsiyeh, Mazin B., 2019, Systematic list, geographic distribution and ecological significance of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the West Bank (Central Palestine), Zootaxa 4664 (1), pp. 1-46 : 10

Harmonia quadripunctata ( Pontoppidan, 1763)

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Material: Wadi Fukin 1 ( PMNH # E12464, 1, 21 March 2018). Bethlehem 1 ( PMNH # E12463, 1, 20 June 2018).

Remarks: Harmonia quadripunctata is native to the Palaearctic region ( Vandenberg 1990), and was mostly found feeding on aphids of pine and cypress trees ( Khalil 2006). Coccinellids are exotherms, depending on external temperature to determine population dynamics ( Hodek et al. 2015); for example, climate change reduced the quantity and duration of oviposition of H. quadripunctata ( Belyakova et al. 2016) . Populations of this species may be reduced in the future or currently because of climate change. It was found in two areas in the Mediterranean zone.

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FIGURE 2. Dorsal habitus images of the Coccinellidae of the West Bank: A–C. Adalia (Adalia) decempunctata, D. Cheilomenes propinqua nilotica, E. Coccinella (Neococcinella) undecimpunctata, F. Harmonia quadripunctata, G. Coccinella (Coccinella) septempunctata, H. Hippodamia (Adonia) variegata, I & J Oenopia conglobata (Scale bar = 5 mm).