Biology:Eriopis connexa

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Short description: Species of beetle

Eriopis connexa
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Eriopis connexa
Scientific classification
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Coccinellini
Genus:
Eriopis
Species:
E. connexa
Binomial name
Eriopis connexa
(Germar, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Coccinella connexa Germar, 1824

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

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2610529 entry