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Issue: Vol. 3174 No. 1: 26 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3174.1.2
Page range: 22–34
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 4

Revision of the subgenus Scymnus (Parapullus) Yang from China(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

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
Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education; College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Coleoptera Coccinellidae Scymnus (Parapullus) new species China

Abstract

The subgenus Scymnus (Parapullus) Yang, 1978 is herein revised. Eight species of the Parapullus fauna are known tooccur in China up to the present. The following five species are described as new to science: Scymnus (Parapullus) adun-catus sp. nov., S. (P.) malleatus sp. nov., S. (P.) nanlingicus sp. nov., S. (P.) parallelicus sp. nov., S. (P.) solus sp. nov..Diagnoses, colorized illustrations and distributions are provided for each species. A key to the Chinese species is also presented.

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