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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 the central United States

Author
item Hesler, Louis
item BRUST, MATHEW - Chadron State College

Submitted to: Journal of Kansas Entomological Society
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/12/2019
Publication Date: 1/8/2020
Citation: Hesler, L.S., Brust, M.L. 2020. New records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the central United States. Journal of Kansas Entomological Society. 92:488–491. https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.488.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.488

Interpretive Summary: Regional lists of insects get updated as scientists discover new geographical records for various species. These records may come directly through intentional sampling efforts for particular kinds of insects, but often new records are discovered through the processing of undetermined specimens in museum collections. We scoured four different insect collections and came up with new state records for five species of lady beetles in Kansas and Nebraska. Our findings support the notion that processing previously undetermined specimens from entomological collections will yield new species records and expand knowledge and understanding about the geographical distributions of lady beetle species.

Technical Abstract: Faunal distribution lists of insects are updated as new geographical records are documented for various species. New geographical records are often discovered through the processing of undetermined specimens. Here, new records of five species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are reported for the central United States based on processing previously undetermined material from four entomological collections. These five species include Cephaloscymnus leavis and Hyperaspis punctate from Kansas, and Hyperaspidius insignis, Hippodamia apicalis, and Anatis lecontei from Nebraska. Our findings support the hypothesis that processing previously undetermined material from entomological collections will yield new information and thereby expand knowledge and understanding of the geographical distributions of lady beetle species.