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Issue: Vol. 956 No. 1: 26 Apr. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.956.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 6

A new species of Longitarsus Latreille, 1825 from Mexico (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticinae, Longitarsini)

Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 4579, Maracay 2101-A, Venezuela
Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 4579, Maracay 2101-A, Venezuela
Coleoptera Control biológico Lantana maleza Neotrópico especie nueva

Abstract

Longitarsus bethae sp. n. from Mexico is described, diagnostic illustrations are included; this species is under study as a biocontrol agent of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), a worldwide weed.

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