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Sahlbergia – Abstract of volume 6

Distribution of ladybirds in Finland (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Biström, O., Albrecht, A., Huldén, L. & Salminen, J. 2001: Leppäpirkkojen levinneisyys Suomessa [Distribution of ladybirds in Finland (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)]. — Sahlbergia 6: 9-28. Helsinki, Finland, ISSN 1237-3273.

The distribution of the ladybird fauna in Finland is mapped. The records are plotted on maps map (grid 10 x 10 km) as follows: Old records, before the year 1975 with a + symbol and more recent records with a circle. Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaus) is removed from the Finnish fauna. Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze), Calvia quindecimguttata (Fabricius), Coccinella magnifica Redtenbacher and Oenopia conglobata Linnaeus seem to be declining species, while Coccidula scutellata (Herbst) and Hippodamia notata (Laicharting) are expanding in Finland.

Authors´ address: Zoological museum, P.O.Box 17, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland