Rhyzobius fagus (Broun)

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 : 311

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6111677

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scientific name

Rhyzobius fagus (Broun)
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Rhyzobius fagus (Broun)

Scymnus fagus Broun, 1880: 648 .

Rhizobius satelles Blackburn, 1892: 255 —synonymized by Tomaszewska 2010: 109. Rhizobius kingensis Lea, 1908: 206 —synonymized by Tomaszewska 2010: 109. Rhizobius erythrogaster Lea, 1929: 241 —synonymized by Tomaszewska 2010: 109. Rhyzobius nigrovatus Bielawski, 1973: 391 —synonymized by Tomaszewska, 2010: 109.

Some misidentifications of this species have led to false records in the literature from New Caledonia ( Huffaker & Messenger 1976): Lindorus lophanthae (Blaisdell) and Rhyzobius pulchellus (Montrouzier) . Bielawski (1973) made a new description under Rhyzobius nigrovatus (type locality: Nouméa). Tomaszewska (2010) redescribed this species and gave an account of its geographic range. This Australian species appears to have recently spread to New Caledonia and Vanuatu, where it is now quite common. In Vanuatu, it has been heavily used and promoted against the coconut scale Aspidiotus destructor Signoret View in CoL ( Hemiptera View in CoL : Diaspididae View in CoL ) between 1960 and 1980 ( Chazeau 1981b). This efficient diaspidid feeder was also deliberately introduced to the Caroline Islands ( Nafus & Schreiner 1989) and Wallis Island in 1965. It has been seen established in Wallis in 1981 ( Gutierrez 1981), and also in South Africa (before 1988). Apart from Aspidiotus destructor Signoret View in CoL , it has been seen to feed on Aspidiotus nerii Bouché View in CoL , Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead View in CoL , Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) View in CoL , Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman) View in CoL ( Cochereau 1965, 1969).

Literature records. NEW CALEDONIA: Nouméa (A. Fauvel rec.) (ISNB); Nouméa, 0-100m, ii.1980 (N.H.L. Krauss rec.) (BPBM); Nouméa, 0-100m, 3.iii.1980 (N.H.L. Krauss rec.) (BPBM); Hills behind Nouméa, 15.viii.1940 (F.X. Williams rec.) (BPBM); Nouméa, 26.vii.1940 (F.X. Williams rec.) (BPBM); Nouméa, 24.vii.1940 (F.X. Williams rec.) (BPBM); Nouméa, 13.viii.1940 (F.X. Williams rec.) (BPBM); In Mts. above Ouaco, 20.x.1958 (C.R. Joyce rec.) (BPBM); Koebele (BPBM); La Crouen, 16.iii.1961 (J. Sedlacek rec.) (BPBM); Poindimié, 26.xi.1958 (C.R. Joyce rec.) (BPBM); Mt Mou, 1100 m, 9.iii.1972 (J.L. Gressit rec.) (BPBM); Mokoue to Dothio, 150-500 m, 20-22.iii.1968 (T.C. Maa rec.) (BPBM) ( Tomaszewska 2010).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Rhyzobius

Loc

Rhyzobius fagus (Broun)

Nattier, Romain, Jourdan, Hervé, Mille, Christian & Chazeau, Jean 2015
2015
Loc

Rhizobius satelles

Tomaszewska 2010: 109
Tomaszewska 2010: 109
Tomaszewska 2010: 109
Tomaszewska 2010: 109
Bielawski 1973: 391
Lea 1929: 241
Lea 1908: 206
Blackburn 1892: 255
1892
Loc

Scymnus fagus

Broun 1880: 648
1880
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