Exotic Lady Beetle Survey of Vermont: Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Occurrence
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22 December 2021
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Description

Vermont records of two exotic lady beetle species - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata and Hippodamia variegata - compiled from a multi-state survey coordinated through the USDA APHIS Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program conducted in the northeastern United States in 1993 and a collection of new locality records for P. quatuordecimpunctata in North America published in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society.

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: effbfd44-2aef-44db-8d13-8428dce1604b.  Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Nathaniel Sharp
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
Data Technician
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
05055 Norwich
VT
US

Geographic Coverage

State of Vermont, United States

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.563, -73.521], North East [45.058, -71.455]

Taxonomic Coverage

Two species of lady beetle non-native to Vermont

Species Hippodamia variegata (Variegated Lady Beetle), Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1984-1993

Project Data

Reported data of two surveys for exotic lady beetles in Vermont.

Title Exotic Lady Beetle Surveys in Northeastern United States
Study Area Description Northeastern United States, this dataset represents all Vermont records from this study.

The personnel involved in the project:

Donna Ellis
  • Author
David Prokrym
  • Author
Roger Adams
  • Author
Richard Dysart
  • Author

Sampling Methods

see article for details: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19482#/summary

Study Extent State of Vermont, US

Method step description:

  1. see article for details: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19482#/summary

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Ellis, D. R., Prokrym, D. R., & Adams, R. G. (1999). Exotic lady beetle survey in northeastern United States: Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Entomological news (USA). 110 (2) 73-84.
  2. Dysart, Richard J. (1988). The European Lady Beetle Propylea quatuordecimpunctata: New Locality Records for North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 96 (1) 119-121.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers effbfd44-2aef-44db-8d13-8428dce1604b
http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=exoticvtladybeetles