Apolinus lividigaster (Mulsant)

Nattier, Romain, Jourdan, Hervé, Mille, Christian & Chazeau, Jean, 2015, An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4058 (3), pp. 301-331 : 317-318

Apolinus lividigaster (Mulsant)

Platyomus lividigaster Mulsant, 1853: 286 .

Scymnodes (Apolinus) lividigaster: Pope & Lawrence 1990: 244 . Apolinus lividigaster: Slipinski 2007: 99 .

This species was originally described from Australia; it is also recorded from New Zealand and Hawaii. In New Caledonia, it was not recorded by Bielawski (1972) in his review of New Caledonian Scymnini . It has only been collected in Nouméa and Yaté regions (southern Grande Terre). It is predominantly aphidiphagous, but is also able to use pollen when preys are scarce ( Lundgren 2009). Based on this information, we consider it to be a recent arrival because of the lack of autochthonous aphids, whether by natural spread or accidental introduction.

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Nouméa, Anse Vata , ix.1976 (A. Delobel rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Ouen Toro, 24.vi.1978 (A. Delobel rec.) ( ONNC); St Gabriel (Yaté), 0-200m, xi.1986 (N.L.H. Krauss rec.)

( ONNC); Farino, "Tendéa", 21.61928°S / 165.70907°E / 403m, 29.iv.2004 (S. Cazères rec.) ( CXMNC); Ouvéa, Hynthot, 30.vi.2008 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Thio, tribu de Koua, COL /ins/ 28-14, 18.iii.2013 (R-M. M'Boueri rec.) ( CXMNC); Ouvéa, COL /ins/87-14, 14.iii.2014 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Bourail, Gouaro, 21.58113°S / 165.42045°E / 68m, ii.2001 (S. Cazères rec.) ( CXMNC); Thio, Dothio, 21°35.305'S / 165°09.084'E / 18m, 04.v.2006 (S. Cazères rec.) ( CXMNC); Nouméa, 15.xii.1981 (R. Catala rec.) ( MNHN).