Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus 1758)

Gonzalez, Guillermo, Cotoras, Darko D. & Grez, Audrey A., 2020, Annotated list of island lady beetles from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 4852 (5), pp. 501-526 : 511-512

Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus 1758) ( Fig 3b ).

Examined material: 4 exx. “ Chile, J. Fernández, Bahía Cumberland, 15-XII-1985, Col. R. Honour” ( MNHN). 1 ex. “[ Chile, J. Fernández] Vaqueria, 4 Nov 2005, [en] Fagara [sp.]” ( MNHN). 1 ex. “[ Chile, J. Fernández] Vaqueria, 4 Nov 2005 ” ( MNHN).

Original reference: First record of this species for Juan Fernández archipelago.

Comments: This species is of Palearctic origin. It was introduced to Chile in 1940 ( Zúñiga 1985), with established populations between El Loa and Última Esperanza. In South America it is also present in Argentina, Uruguay and Perú (González 2006). Probably introduced to the island from the mainland.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Island Coccinellidae from Chile, Coccinellini Part I. a: Adalia angulifera; b: A. bipunctata; c: A. deficiens; d: A. kuscheli; e: Cycloneda germainii; f: C. limbicollis; g: C. patagonica; h: Eriopis chilensis; i: E. eschscholtzii; j: E. loaensis; k: E. magellanica; l: E. opposita; m: Eriopis sp.; n: Harmonia axyridis.