New Species of Tenuisvalvae (Duverger) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Citrus Crop.

Autor: Santos PB; Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil. paulabsan@gmail.com., Castro-Guedes CF; Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil., Peronti ALBG; Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Univ Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil., Almeida LM; Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasília, Brasil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neotropical entomology [Neotrop Entomol] 2017 Oct; Vol. 46 (5), pp. 507-513. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 16.
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-017-0492-4
Abstrakt: A new species of Hyperaspidini, Tenuisvalvae quadripunctata sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The genus is now represented by 11 species, all native of South America, and the new taxon is integrated into the existing key to species of the genus. Ecological data for T. quadripunctata sp. nov. and a list with prey and host plants to the species of the genus Tenuisvalvae are provided.
Databáze: MEDLINE