Cycloneda ancoralis (Germar)

Turienzo, Paola & Iorio, Osvaldo Di, 2008, Insects found in birds’ nests from Argentina: Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Furnariidae), Zootaxa 1871, pp. 1-55 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.183966
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6233834
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B7163-FF99-FFC3-FF2A-BFC6126DFA11
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cycloneda ancoralis (Germar)
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Cycloneda ancoralis is a very common species widely distributed across Argentina ( Bosq 1952; Viana & Williner 1974). In a recent revision of Brazilian species of Cycloneda View in CoL , its distribution includes Bolivia (Beni), Chile, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Asunción), Argentina [(Buenos Aires (La Plata), Córdoba (Sauce de los Quevedos), La Pampa (Santa Rosa), Tucumán, Mendoza, Santa Fé (Rosario)], and Uruguay (Montevideo) (Araujo-Siqueira & de Almeida 2006). The species is an excellent biological control agent against aphids, especially Toxoptera graminum Rondani ( Bosq 1952; Viana & Williner 1974). During the winter the adults seek refuge, forming large colonies and using them as shelters under the bark of trees of Eucalyptus View in CoL and “chañar” [ Geoffroea decorticans (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Burkart View in CoL ], in parrots nests [ Myiopsitta monachus cotorra (Vieillot, 1817) View in CoL ], or under stones in hilly areas ( Viana & Williner 1978). The same hibernating behavior can be found in nests of A. annumbi View in CoL ( Table 2), but never under ritidomes of Eucalyptus View in CoL ( Table 3 View TABLE 3 ).