Zagloba beaumonti Casey, 1899

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 : 366

Zagloba beaumonti Casey, 1899

Zagloba beaumonti Casey, 1899: 169 ; Korschefsky 1931: 172; Blackwelder 1945: 445; Gordon 1970: 481; González & Aguilera 2009: 60.

First record for Bolivia and Venezuela.

Specimens examined. BOLIVIE: 1 ex. “ Santa Cruz / Bolivie”, “ Coll. Achard / Mus. Pragense” ( NMP) . BRAZIL: 1 ex. “[Brasil] PE: Recife, UFRPE / em Malpighia emarginata / 24.ix.2010 / JA Giorgi col.” ( UFRPE) ; 4 ♀♀ “Brasil, MG, / Volta Grande / 05-II-2008, Leg. / L.C. Torres” ( GGC) . VENEZUELA: 1 ♂ “ Venezuela, Lara / Sanare, Parador Tur í stico / La Rosa 1330m / 04/ V /2010 / E. Arcaya, J. Morales, B. / Carrero”, “ Coccinellidae depredando / Chrysomphalus sp. en Agave / cocuy ” ( GGC) ; 2 specimens, same data ( GGC) .

Remarks. Zagloba beaumonti was described from Colombia ( Casey 1899), later Lima et al. (1992) reported it from Brazil, and González (2014b) from Argentina and Paraguay. The species is easily identifiable, although it presents color variations from pale yellow to reddish brown to black, with or without stripes on the elytra and light spots on the lateral third of the pronotum.