Updates on Chnoodini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Taxonomic changes and descriptions of new species from South America

Authors

  • Julissa Melissa Churata Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. , Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera. Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. , Instituto Científico Michael Owen Dillon. Arequipa, Peru. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-3391 (unauthenticated)
  • Jefferson Duarte-de-Mélo Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0268-279X (unauthenticated)
  • Daniel Silva Basílio Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3556-5880 (unauthenticated)
  • Lúcia Massutti de Almeida Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera. Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. , Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-711X (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.special-issue-1.019

Keywords:

Coccinellinae, Coccinelloidea, Predator, Systematics, Taxonomy

Abstract

Six new species are described: Chnoodes migueli Churata & Duarte-de-Mélo sp. nov. (Brazil), Chnoodes felis Churata & Almeida sp. nov. (Peru), Exoplectra luciae Churata & Basílio sp. nov. (Peru), Gordonita guillermoi Churata & Almeida sp. nov. (Bolivia), Gordonita norae Churata & Almeida sp. nov. (Bolivia), and Gordonita tijeoi Churata & Almeida sp. nov. (Peru). In addition, the following taxonomic changes in Chnoodes Chevrolat and Exoplectra Chevrolat are proposed based on the study of type material: Novius bipunctatus (Gorham, 1895) comb. nov., Platynaspis bistripustulata (Ritsema, 1876) comb. nov., and Zenoria irregularis (Crotch, 1874) comb. nov.

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Churata, J. M., Duarte-de-Mélo, J., Basílio, D. S., & Almeida, L. M. de. (2026). Updates on Chnoodini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Taxonomic changes and descriptions of new species from South America. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 66(special 1), e202666si1019. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.special-issue-1.019