Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)

BACKGROUND: Chilocorus Leach, 1815 the largest genus of Chilocorini, contains more than 80 species, mainly preying on Coccoidea. Many species of Chilocorus are economically important as they are widely used as biological control agents. NEW INFORMATION: In this study, two new species of the genus Ch...

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Autores principales: Li, Wenjing, Chen, Bingxu, Toulakhom, Chantharath, Wang, Xingmin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34916866
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72966
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author Li, Wenjing
Chen, Bingxu
Toulakhom, Chantharath
Wang, Xingmin
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Wang, Xingmin
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description BACKGROUND: Chilocorus Leach, 1815 the largest genus of Chilocorini, contains more than 80 species, mainly preying on Coccoidea. Many species of Chilocorus are economically important as they are widely used as biological control agents. NEW INFORMATION: In this study, two new species of the genus Chilocorus Leach are described from Laos: C.toulakhomianus Li & Wang, sp. n. and C.vientianicus Li & Wang, sp. n. Diagnoses and detailed descriptions of the new species are given. Each species is illustrated in detail, including genitalia. Distribution maps are presented.
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spelling pubmed-86717122021-12-15 Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini) Li, Wenjing Chen, Bingxu Toulakhom, Chantharath Wang, Xingmin Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper BACKGROUND: Chilocorus Leach, 1815 the largest genus of Chilocorini, contains more than 80 species, mainly preying on Coccoidea. Many species of Chilocorus are economically important as they are widely used as biological control agents. NEW INFORMATION: In this study, two new species of the genus Chilocorus Leach are described from Laos: C.toulakhomianus Li & Wang, sp. n. and C.vientianicus Li & Wang, sp. n. Diagnoses and detailed descriptions of the new species are given. Each species is illustrated in detail, including genitalia. Distribution maps are presented. Pensoft Publishers 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8671712/ /pubmed/34916866 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72966 Text en Wenjing Li, Bingxu Chen, Chantharath Toulakhom, Xingmin Wang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Taxonomic Paper
Li, Wenjing
Chen, Bingxu
Toulakhom, Chantharath
Wang, Xingmin
Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)
title Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)
title_full Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)
title_fullStr Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)
title_full_unstemmed Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)
title_short Two new species of Chilocorus Leach, 1815 from Laos (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorini)
title_sort two new species of chilocorus leach, 1815 from laos (coleoptera coccinellidae chilocorini)
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34916866
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72966
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