Rodolia cardinalis ( Mulsant, 1850 )

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 : 36

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5584960

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scientific name

Rodolia cardinalis ( Mulsant, 1850 )
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Rodolia cardinalis ( Mulsant, 1850)

( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 )

Material: Kufr al-Dik ( PMNH # E12705, 2, 1 October 2017). Ad-Dhahiriya 2 ( PMNH # E12702, 1 View Materials , 5 April 2018) . Bethlehem 1 ( PMNH # E12703, 1 View Materials , 1 April 2018) . Wadi Kelt ( PMNH # E12704, 1 View Materials , 16 April 2018) .

Remarks: This is one of three species from our collection of 35 species of coccinellids that was introduced and it was one of the earliest to be introduced in 1912 ( Mendel et al. 2017). It was reported from our region before as an introduced species ( Halperin et al. 1995). In the present study, it was observed in Kufr al-Dik and Ad-Dhahiriya 2 and was found feeding on Icerya purchase .

PMNH

Peabody Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Rodolia

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