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Issue: Vol. 4861 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.11
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 126
PDF downloaded: 5

The genus Cryptogonus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species and a new record

Key Laboratory of Bio-Pesticide Innovation and Application, Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Pest Biocontrol, Guangdong Province; Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China.
2 Department of Entomology, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangzhou 510405, China.
Key Laboratory of Bio-Pesticide Innovation and Application, Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Pest Biocontrol, Guangdong Province; Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Coleoptera Coccinelloidea Aspidimerini ladybird beetle new species new record taxonomy

Abstract

The new species of a ladybird beetle, Cryptogonus bhalwalnensis Azad & Wang sp. nov. is described from Pakistan. Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis Bielawski is recorded for the first time from Pakistan. Both species of Cryptogonus from Pakistan are diagnosed and illustrated; a distribution map is also presented.

 

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