Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius, 1798)

González, Guillermo & Větrovec, Jaroslav, 2021, New species and records of Neotropical ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (2), pp. 331-374 : 346

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35249/rche.47.2.21.19
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:14DEE684-1721-43B7-85C3-2A57525CE1A8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13203168
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scientific name	Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius, 1798)
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Coccinela nigrita Fabricius, 1798: 79 .

Chilocorus nigritus Mulsant, 1850: 463 ; Crotch 1874: 184; Korschefsky 1932: 240.

Chilocorus nigrita Correa, 2008: 16 .

First record for French Guiana.

Specimens examined. FRENCH GUIANA: 1 ♂ “French Guyana / Matouri, house garden / 04.01.2018 / M. Plachetka leg.” ( JVC) .

Remarks. Species of Eastern Hemisphere origin, introduced in several countries of the world for its effectiveness as a scale insect controller (Coccomorpha: Diaspididae ) ( Omkar & Pervez 2003), especially in Asia, Africa and Oceania ( Poorani 2002). In America it has been reported in USA (Florida) and in several Caribbean islands ( Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Grenada) ( Thomas & Blanchard 2014), while in South America it has been repeatedly reported from Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, where it is abundant in many areas ( Arcaya et al. 2018).