Stethorus vagans (Blackburn)

Nattier, Romain, Jourdan, Hervé, Mille, Christian & Chazeau, Jean, 2015, An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4058 (3), pp. 301-331 : 321

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6111745
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scientific name	Stethorus vagans (Blackburn)
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Scymnus vagans Blackburn, 1892: 248 . Stethorus vagans: Weise 1908: 13 .

This ladybug is widespread in open areas, from secondary shrubs to agricultural lands (orchards, gardens). It has been recorded from Australia including Tasmania, and Vanuatu. Predation has been recorded by Chazeau (1979) on several Tetranychidae mites: Bryobia pretiosa Koch , Oligonychus thelytokus Gutierrez , Tetranychus lambi Prittchard & Baker , T. marianae McGregor , T. neocaledonicus André , T. urticae Koch. A female specimen was falsely assigned by Bielawski (1973) to S. bifidus Kapur. This was corrected by Chazeau (1979).

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Nouméa, x.1966 (P. Cochereau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Trianon, 29.v.1975 (J. Gutierrez rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Anse Vata , 1.iv.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Anse Vata , 4.vi.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Anse Vata , 15.v.1978 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Ouen Toro, 23.vi.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Baie de l'Orphelinat, 1.iii.1977, 9.v.1978 (J. Gutierrez rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, 9.v.1978 (J. Gutierrez rec.) ( ONNC).