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Issue: Vol. 5646 No. 2: 9 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5646.2.3
Page range: 236-254
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Descriptions of immature stages of six aphidophagous Coccinellini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species from China

Department of Forest Protection; College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China; Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510642; China
Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510642; China; Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China
Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510642; China; Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China
Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510642; China; Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China
Department of Forest Protection; College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China; Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510642; China
Coleoptera larva pupa morphology Coccinellini Coccinelloidea

Abstract

The morphological diversity of ladybird beetle larvae can provide supplementary evidence for taxonomic identification. However, studies on the larval morphology of Coccinellidae are very limited. In this study, the immature stages of six species from the tribe Coccinellini are examined, including Phrynocaria unicolor (Fabricius, 1792) and Microcaria pupillata (Swartz, 1808), which are described for the first time, as well as re-examination of Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781), Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius, 1781), Harmonia sedecimnotata (Fabricius, 1801) and Coelophora biplagiata (Swartz, 1808). The illustrations, and brief diagnoses for identification of the fourth instar larvae and pupae of examined species are provided. Larval morphology of other Harmonia Mulsant, Cheilomenes Dejean, Phrynocaria Timberlake and Coelophora Mulsant species are also compared.

 

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How to Cite

Zhuang, J., Wei, X., Tao, X., Wang, X. & Chen, X. (2025) Descriptions of immature stages of six aphidophagous Coccinellini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species from China. Zootaxa, 5646 (2), 236–254. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5646.2.3