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Issue: Vol. 57 No. 1: 14 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-14
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.57.1.1
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A new species of Coeliaria Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Chnoodini) from northeastern Brazil

Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Programa de pós-graduação Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Sertão, Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Museu de Fauna da Caatinga, Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Museu de Fauna da Caatinga, Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
Insecta Coccinelloidea ladybird beetle Neotropical Caatinga Brazilian semiarid region Taxonomy

Abstract

The ladybird genus Coeliaria Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Chnoodini) includes five species distributed in South America. We describe and illustrate a new species, Coeliaria almeidae sp. nov., found in Casa Nova, Bahia, Brazil. It is the second found in the Northeast Region of Brazil and the first in the Caatinga. We provide an updated identification key for all species of Coeliaria and present new notes on morphology, host plants and prey records. We also provide new records of Coeliaria bernardinensis (Brèthes, 1925).

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