Description of a new cryptogonus Mulsant from bangalore, Southern India (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae)
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Oriental Insects
- Vol. 8 (1) , 55-60
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1974.10434442
Abstract
A new species of lady beetle, Cryptogonus kapuri, sp. nov. is described from Bangalore in South India. This species is referable to the bilneatus group of this genus and to the tribe Aspidimerini. A key to separate the known species of this group is provided. The new species was found breeding exclusively in nature on the coconut aphid, Cerataphis variabilis H.R.L.Keywords
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- A REVISION OF THE TRIBE ASPIDIMERINI WEISE (COLEOPTERA‐COCCINELLIDAE)Ecological Entomology, 1948