Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan

Abstract. BACKGROUND: Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 was imported into Taiwan from Hawaii in 1990 as a biological control agent for the spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, 1965 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). However, its establishment was not known prior to this study. NEW INFORMATION: Neph...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xiaosheng, Xie, Xiufeng, Ren, Shunxiang, Wang, Xingmin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932925
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10537
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Xie, Xiufeng
Ren, Shunxiang
Wang, Xingmin
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 was imported into Taiwan from Hawaii in 1990 as a biological control agent for the spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, 1965 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). However, its establishment was not known prior to this study. NEW INFORMATION: Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996, a natural enemy of Aleurodicus dispersus Russell (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) native to the Neotropical region, is recorded as established in Taiwan for the first time. The present paper provides a detailed further description and illustrations of the adult. Diagnostic characters for the genus and species are given and the nomenclature of this species is also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-51366682016-12-08 Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan Chen, Xiaosheng Xie, Xiufeng Ren, Shunxiang Wang, Xingmin Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 was imported into Taiwan from Hawaii in 1990 as a biological control agent for the spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, 1965 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). However, its establishment was not known prior to this study. NEW INFORMATION: Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996, a natural enemy of Aleurodicus dispersus Russell (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) native to the Neotropical region, is recorded as established in Taiwan for the first time. The present paper provides a detailed further description and illustrations of the adult. Diagnostic characters for the genus and species are given and the nomenclature of this species is also discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2016-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5136668/ /pubmed/27932925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10537 Text en Xiaosheng Chen, Xiufeng Xie, Shunxiang Ren, Xingmin Wang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Taxonomic Paper
Chen, Xiaosheng
Xie, Xiufeng
Ren, Shunxiang
Wang, Xingmin
Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan
title Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan
title_full Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan
title_fullStr Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan
title_short Discovery of a New World ladybird beetle Nephaspis indus Gordon, 1996 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini) on the Island of Taiwan
title_sort discovery of a new world ladybird beetle nephaspis indus gordon, 1996 (coleoptera: coccinellidae: scymnini) on the island of taiwan
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932925
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10537
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