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Issue: Vol. 2562 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2562.1.4
Page range: 57–65
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 1

New Neotropical species of Ceraeochrysa Adams (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Museo Entomológico "Dr. José Manuel Osorio" (UCOB), Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Venezuela. PhD student at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
Neuroptera Control biológico Chrysopinae Chrysopini crisopa control natural

Abstract

Species of Ceraeochrysa Adams are distributed from southeast Canada to Argentina. Larvae feed on aphids, thrips, white flies, mites, and neonatal larvae of Lepidoptera in varied agroecosystems. Seven species are known in Venezuela, viz. Ceraeochrysa achillea Freitas & Penny, C. angulata (Navás), C. bitacornua Freitas & Penny, C. caligata (Banks), C. cubana (Hagen), C. everes (Banks), and C. valida (Banks). In this study, three species are described as new to science, Ceraeochrysa melaenopareia sp. nov., Ceraeochrysa pittieri sp. nov., and Ceraeochrysa torresi sp. nov.

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