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Issue: Vol. 2801 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2801.1.4
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 3

The genus Plotina Lewis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with descriptions of four new species from China

Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China 2Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Coleoptera Coccinellidae Sticholotidinae Plotina new species China

Abstract

The genus Plotina Lewis from China is reviewed and four new species are described: P. octomaculata Wang et Ren, sp. nov., P. menghaiensis Wang, Ren et Chen, sp. nov., P. daweishanensis Wang et Ren, sp. nov., P. signatella Wang et Ren, sp. nov. Plotinia quadrioculata Kovář, 1995 is reported from China for the first time. All species are described and illustrated, and a key to the known species is given.

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