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A new genus and species of coccinellid (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predator on Rastrococcus spp. (Homiptera: Pseudococcidae) from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R.G. Booth
R.G. Booth*
Affiliation:
International Institute of Entomology, London, UK
*
Dr R.G. Booth, International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JR, UK.
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Abstract

Aponephus lentiformis, a new genus and species of Coccinellidae, is described from southern India and placed in the tribe Scymnini. It was found during searches for natural enemies of Rastrococcus spp.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 147 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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