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Research Project: Productive Cropping Systems Based on Ecological Principles of Pest Management

Location: Integrated Cropping Systems Research

Title: New records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Hawaii, U.S.A.

Author
item Hesler, Louis
item PERREIRA, WILLIAM - Dana Anne Yee Foundation
item YEE, DANA ANNE - Dana Anne Yee Foundation
item SILVA, JOSHUA - University Of Hawaii

Submitted to: The Coleopterists Bulletin
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/7/2018
Publication Date: 6/21/2019
Citation: Hesler, L.S., Perreira, W.D., Yee, D., Silva, J. 2019. New records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Hawaii, U.S.A. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 73:382-383. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.2.382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.2.382

Interpretive Summary: All 46 lady beetle species known from the Hawaiian Islands have established there from purposeful or accidental introductions since the 1800s. Given the high annual volume of air and sea traffic into Hawai'i, it is likely that additional species of lady beetles may be introduced accidentally and that some may subsequently establish. Thus, continued sampling for lady beetles, either directly or fortuitously by sampling for other insects, may produce additional species records in Hawai'i. Indeed, this paper reports on two new species records of lady beetles in Hawai'i (Hyperaspis connectens and an undetermined species of Sticholotis) and documents new island records for two other species of lady beetles already established in the state (Cycloneda sanguinea and Harmonia conformis).

Technical Abstract: All 46 lady beetle species known from the Hawaiian Islands have established there from purposeful or accidental introductions since the 1800s. Given the high annual volume of air and sea traffic into Hawai'i, it is likely that additional species of lady beetles may be introduced inadvertently and that some may subsequently establish. Thus, continued sampling for lady beetles, either directly or fortuitously by sampling for other insects, may produce additional species records in Hawai'i. Indeed, this paper reports on two new species records of lady beetles in Hawai'i (Hyperaspis connectens and an undetermined species of Sticholotis) and documents new island records for two other species of lady beetles already established in the state (Cycloneda sanguinea and Harmonia conformis).