Eriopis connexa

Eriopis connexa is a widespread species of ladybird beetle in South America.

Eriopis connexa
Eriopis connexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Coccinellidae
Subfamily:
Coccinellinae
Tribe:
Coccinellini
Genus:
Eriopis
Species:
E. connexa
Binomial name
Eriopis connexa
(Germar, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Coccinella connexa Germar, 1824

Distribution

Eriopis connexa is one of the most widespread ladybird beetle of South America.[1]

They may be found in Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Chaco, Chubut, Entre Ríos, Formosa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro), Brasil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Ecuador (Guayas), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caazapá, Central, Kanindeyu, Paraguarí, Pte. Hayes, San Pedro), Perú (Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cusco, Lima), Uruguay (Florida, Maldonado, Montevideo, San José), Venezuela.[2]

Description

Eriopis connexa has an oblong body shape. The base color dark brown to black with yellowish relatively large, separated dots. The pronotum and the elytra (wing covers) have a yellowish margin. Each elytron has three separated dots and the enlargements of the margin, the pronotum two smaller dots and two enlargements of the margin.[1]

Eriopis connexa is a voracious predator of aphids.[1][3]

References
  1. González F., Guillermo. "Coccinellidae de Perú: Eriopis connexa". coccinellidae.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  2. "Eriopis connexa - Coccinellidae de Argentina". coccinellidae.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  3. Torres JB (March 22, 2013). "Survival and behavioural responses of the predatory ladybird beetle, Eriopis connexa populations susceptible and resistant to a pyrethroid insecticide". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103 (4): 485–494. doi:10.1017/S0007485313000072. PMID 23522490.


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