Eriopis opposita (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)

Gonzalez, Guillermo, Cotoras, Darko D. & Grez, Audrey A., 2020, Annotated list of island lady beetles from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 4852 (5), pp. 501-526 : 512

Eriopis opposita (Guérin-Méneville, 1842) ( Fig 3l ).

Examined material: 2 exx. “ Chile, Islas J. Fernández” “ Eriopis opposita Guerín, Hofmann det. 58” “Colección P. Germain” ( MNHN); 2 exx. “Islas J. Fernández” “ Eriopis opposita Guerín, Hofmann det. 58” “Colección P. Germain” ( MNHN); 7 exx. “ Chile, Islas J. Fernández” “Colección P. Germain” ( MNHN); 2 exx. “J. Fernández 6 [18]95” “Colección P. Germain” ( MNHN).

Original reference: Guérin-Méneville (1842) (as Cocc. ( Hippodamia) opposita ): = “de l’île Juan Fernandez, au Chili ”.

Comments: This endemic species is common in the archipelago. Undoubtedly, the species belongs to the Eriopis genus, but it differs from the others by presenting insular gigantism and other morphological differences.

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FIGURE 3. Island Coccinellidae from Chile, Coccinellini Part I. a: Adalia angulifera; b: A. bipunctata; c: A. deficiens; d: A. kuscheli; e: Cycloneda germainii; f: C. limbicollis; g: C. patagonica; h: Eriopis chilensis; i: E. eschscholtzii; j: E. loaensis; k: E. magellanica; l: E. opposita; m: Eriopis sp.; n: Harmonia axyridis.