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Issue: Vol. 3031 No. 1: 16 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3031.1.1
Page range: 1–13
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A revision of the genus Stictobura Crotch and description of a new species of Sticholotis Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidinae)

National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, P.B. No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560024, Karnataka, India
Systematic Entomology Lab (SEL), Plant Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW75BD, United Kingdom
Coleoptera Stictobura Sticholotis Coccinellidae Sticholotidinae revision new synonym new combination new species

Abstract

The species of Stictobura Crotch (1874) (Coccinellidae: Sticholotidinae) are revised. Stictobura gibbula (Weise, 1908) indeed belongs to Sticholotis Crotch (1874) under which it was originally described (stat. rev.) and is removed from Stictobura. Stictobura buruensis Korschefsky (1944) is transferred to Sticholotis (new combination). Lectotypes are designated for Sticholotis (Apterolotis) andrewesi Weise (1908), Sticholotis (Apterolotis) gibbula Weise (1908), Stictobura semipolita Sicard (1911), and Stictobura rubroguttata Sicard (1925). The species of Stictobura are keyed and notes on biology are provided wherever available. Sticholotis magnostriata sp. n., which is externally similar to the species of Stictobura, is described from India (Assam).

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