Cycloneda patagonica González & Vandenberg, 2006

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

Cycloneda patagonica González & Vandenberg, 2006 ( Fig. 3g ).

Examined material: 1 ex. (paratype) “Tierra del Fuego, NosePeak, 14-19.1.05. R. Crawshay 1906-230” ( BMNH); 1 ex. (paratype) “Tierra del Fuego. Useless Bay, Dec. 1904, R. Crawshay, 1906–230/573 [black underline] FCC-683” ( BMNH); 1 ex. “Tierra del Fuego—Chile, Bahía Azul, 4-XI-2009, coll. A. Zúñiga” (CPAZ); 3 exx. “ Chile, Tierra del Fuego, Porvenir, 25-01-2017, leg. A. Lüer, en pastizal [on grass]” ( CALH).

Original reference: González & Vandenberg (2006): the first two specimens mentioned in the “Examined material” section.

Comments: Similar looking species to C. germainii , but with smaller size and flatten shape. Present in the Chile and Argentinian sides of Tierra del Fuego (González 2006).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Island Coccinellidae from Chile, Coccinellini Part I. a: Adalia angulifera; b: A. bipunctata; c: A. deficiens; d: A. kuscheli; e: Cycloneda germainii; f: C. limbicollis; g: C. patagonica; h: Eriopis chilensis; i: E. eschscholtzii; j: E. loaensis; k: E. magellanica; l: E. opposita; m: Eriopis sp.; n: Harmonia axyridis.