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Rhyzobius ventralis (black lady beetle)

Synonyms: Scymnus ventralis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhyzobius ventralis, common names including Black Lady Beetle, Gumtree Scale Ladybird, is a ladybird species endemic to Tasmania and all the mainland states of Australia except the Northern Territory. It is also found in New Zealand, but not naturally. The earliest New Zealand record is Auckland, 1898 (Kuschel, 1990: 60)
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Prey / Diet

Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale)[1]
Diaspidiotus perniciosus (California scale)[1]
Eriococcus araucariae (Felted pine coccid)[1]
Eriococcus coriaceus (gum tree scale)[1]
Pseudaulacaspis grandilobis[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0