Published June 1, 1942 | Version v1
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Azya luteipes Mulsant 1850

Creators

  • 1. Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu

Description

6. Azya luteipes Mulsant,

Spec. Coleopt. Trim. Securipalp., 928, 1850. Crotch, Rev. Coccinellidae, 279, 1874.

Agana, June 2, Swezey; Sumay Road, June 2, Swezey; Orote Pen., Sept. 1, 27, Swezey; Merizo, Oct. 20, Swezey.

This tropical American ladybeetle was probably introduced into Guam from Honolulu at the same time as Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, but there is no record of it. vVe found it occasionally in 1936. It feeds on soft scales.

Notes

Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1942, Miscellaneous Families of Guam Coleoptera, pp. 150-171 in Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum on page 160, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5167701

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Event date
1936-06-02 , 1936-09-01 , 1936-09-27 , 1936-10-20
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Azya
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mulsant
Species
luteipes
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1936-06-02 , 1936-09-01 , 1936-09-27 , 1936-10-20
Taxonomic concept label
Azya luteipes Mulsant, 1850 sec. Swezey, 1942