Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau, Etienne and Fürsch), Chazeau, Etienne and Fursch

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 : 320

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A002E0F6-1435-4CA4-A041-F46BAF467C48
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6111739
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scientific name	Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau, Etienne and Fürsch)
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Parastethorus histrio (Chazeau, Etienne and Fürsch)

Stethorus incompletus Whitehead, 1967: 1564 —synonymized by Chazeau 1979: 296 (nomen nudum). Stethorus histrio Chazeau, Etienne and Fürsch 1974: 269 .

There are some nomenclatural issues regarding name validity (whether the senior name is valid or a nomen nudum) which have been exposed by Houston (1990) and Chazeau (1979, 1995). Recorded from Australia, New Zealand, La Réunion, Chile and Mexico, it is regularly collected from open areas including orchards and secondary shrubs. In New Caledonia, according to Chazeau (1979), this is a specialist feeder on Tetranychidae mites, such as Oligonychus thelytokus Gutierrez , Tetranychus neocaledonicus André and Schizotetranychus fauveli Gutierrez.

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Nouméa, 1973 (P. Cochereau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Trianon, 20.x.1975 (J. Gutierrez rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Trianon, ix.1976 (J. Gutierrez rec.) ( MNHN); Nouméa, Ouen Toro, 23.vi.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Ouen Toro, 27.x.1977 (J. Fainika rec.) ( ONNC).