New Species of Tenuisvalvae (Duverger) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Citrus Crop

Abstract

A new species of Hyperaspidini, Tenuisvalvae quadripunctata sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The genus is now represented by 11 species, all native of South America, and the new taxon is integrated into the existing key to species of the genus. Ecological data for T. quadripunctata sp. nov. and a list with prey and host plants to the species of the genus Tenuisvalvae are provided.

Phylogeny and divergence dating of the ladybird beetle tribe Coccinellini Latreille (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae)

“…Identification of specimens was conducted by L.M. Almeida, R. Nattier and K. Salazar, who have expertise in ladybird beetle taxonomy (e.g., Nattier et al ., 2015; González et al ., 2017; Santos et al ., 2017; Jouveau et al ., 2018; Krüger et al ., 2018; Nattier & Salazar, 2019; Salcedo & Almeida, 2019). We also relied on GenBank data to increase both gene and taxon coverage.…”

A Survey of Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Citrus Orchards in São Paulo, Brazil

“…Twenty-two species of scale insects belonging to 5 families were collected from citrus trees in the state of São Paulo, Brazil (Fig. 1): 11 diaspidids (armored scales), 4 coccids (soft scales), 4 pseudococcids (Hempel 1900;Costa Lima 1936;Lima 1938;Gomes Costa 1949;Bock & Tarrago 1995) *Coccus viridis (Green) AP, AM, GO, RJ, SP, RS (Costa Lima 1936;Lima 1938;Gomes Costa 1949;Murakami 1984;Foldi 1988 (Lepage 1938;Silva et al 1968) Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell) RJ, PR, RS (Costa Lima 1936;Gomes Costa 1949;Vernalha 1953;Bock & Tarrago 1995;Santos et al 2017) Pseudophilippia lanigera (Hempel) RS (Costa Lima 1936;Lima 1938;Lepage 1938;Vernalha 1953 RJ, RS (Costa Lima 1936;Lepage 1938;Wolff et al 2004) Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) AM, RJ, MG, SP (Costa Lima 1936;Lepage 1938;Foldi 1988) Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell) ES (Culik et al 2008) Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock) AM, RJ, MG, SP, RS (Costa Lima 1936;Lima 1938;Foldi 1988;Wolff & Corseuil 1993 (Green) RS (Costa Lima 1936;Lima 1938;Wolff & Corseuil 1993) *Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan) AP, AM, PA, ES, RJ, SP (Cos...…”