Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau 1974)

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 : 510

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.5.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47B2C796-76E1-40EF-A2B3-F587951CDA04

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4509435

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087C4-096B-FFA1-2A86-571EFC3AFC09

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Plazi

scientific name

Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau 1974)
status

 

Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau 1974) ( Fig 5d View FIGURE 5 ).

Examined material: 2 exx. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Hanga Roa, 27°9′24.6″ S 109°26′08.0″ W, 21-IV-2006, col. J. Mondaca ” ( MNHN) GoogleMaps .

Original reference: González (2008): “ Isla de Pascua”.

Comments: The native distribution of the species is around the Indian Ocean, later introduced to South America as predator for spider mites ( Arachnida: Tetranichydae). It is also present in Argentina, Brazil, Perú, Paraguay and Uruguay. In Chile is distributed between Arica and Valparaíso (González 2006), where it has been recorded as a predator of mite pests Panonychus citri (Mc. Gregor) , Tetranychus urticae Kock , Brevipalpus chilensis Baker and Panonychus ulmi (Koch) ( Aguilera 1987) .

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

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