General Information

COMMON NAMES: Transverse Ladybird GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE ?, se.Asia - Tuamotu / Marquesas COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, horticultural SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Biocontrol KEY FEATURES: Orange-red ladybird with extensive black markings, to 6mmBL. WING-COVER (each) with black dorsal margin expanding into 2 semicircles; dorsolateral irregular bars sometimes fusing to black dorsal margin or semicircles. Front dorsolateral bar has conspicuous forward-pointing centre. SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Coelophora inaequalis.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++					P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Coccinella transversalis Fabricius
SYNONYMS: Coccinella repanda Thunberg, 1781

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; COCCINELLIDAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Biocontrol. Comments: Associated with the Black Citrus Aphid (Toxoptera aurantii) on Sweet Orange on Rarotonga. Observed feeding on Icerya species on Aituaki. (W&D79)

IDENTIFICATION: Glossy orange-red ladybird with extensive black markings, to 6mmBL. HEAD face orange. PRONOTUM orange-red with black posterior. WING-COVER orange-red marked black - dorsal margin black expanding into semicircles near front and rear; dorsolaterally 3 black marks that ±fuse with black dorsal margin - forward bar with forward mid-section, central S-like bar, and a rear spot.

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1 specimen, 1925, Wilder, in BPBM; 2 specimens, 1937, in BPBM. Atiu: 4 specimens, 1976, Krauss, in BPBM. <>MT - one specimen, 1976, Krauss, in BPBM. <>AK - numerous specimens, 1960, Krauss, in BPBM, 5 specimens, 1960, Krauss, in BPBM.

References:
Special Reference: W&D79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB07a, zM05b, zD02

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