Hippodamia convergens (Guerin-Meneville, 1842)

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 : 519

Hippodamia convergens (Guerin-Meneville, 1842) ( Fig. 4a ).

Examined material: Not available.

Original reference: Zúñiga-Reinoso (2011): “ Provincia de Tierra del Fuego: Punta Espora (CZIP)”.

Comments: Nearctic species introduced to Europe and a large portion of South America. In Chile, it is present between Arica and Magallanes, where it is abundant in urban and rural areas (González 2006).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Island Coccinellidae from Chile, Coccinellini part II and Coccidulini. a: Hippodamia convergens; b: H. variegata; c: Olla v-nigrum; d: Cranoryssus variegatus; e: Paracranoryssus chilianus; f: Orynipus chilensis; g: O. darwini; h: O. kuscheli; i: O. ultimensis; j: Eupaleoides Chiloénsis; k: Nothocolus sicardi; l: Nothocolus sp.; m: Rhyzobius lophantae; n: Rhyzobius sp.; o: Stenadalia nigrodorsata.