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Issue: Vol. 1311 No. 1: 11 Sept. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1311.1.2
Page range: 13–50
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 27

Review of lady beetles in the Cycloneda germainii species complex (Coleoptera; Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Coccinellini) with descriptions of new and unusual species from Chile and surrounding countries

1Santiago, Chile, Nocedal 6455 La Reina
Systematic Entomology Lab, Plant Sciences Institute, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC-168, Washington, DC.
Coleoptera Insecta Coccinellidae Cycloneda germainii complex new species key Neotropical Patagonia Chile austral aphidophagous

Abstract

A complex of lady beetle species including Cycloneda germainii (Crotch) is reviewed and seven valid species recognized, including C. germainii, C. eryngii (Mulsant), C. sicardi (Brèthes), C. boliviana (Mulsant), and three new species, C. lacrimosa González & Vandenberg, n. sp., C. disconsolata Vandenberg & González, n. sp., and C. patagonica González & Vandenberg, n. sp.

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