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Published: 2013-01-29
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First record of Myrrha octodecimguttata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Epuraea ocularis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Israel

Department of Zoology, the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Hasar Shitrit 18, Kiryat Haim(Haifa)
Coleoptera Coccinellidae Nitidulidae Israel introduced new record

Abstract

Myrrha octodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Epuraea ocularis Fairmaire, 1849 are recorded from Israel for the first time, both species collected in Shoham Forest.

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