A review of the genus Henosepilachna Li, 1961 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China

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MAO-LIN YE · South China Agricultural University

Quan Zhang · South China Agricultural University

Zhengqiang Peng · Environment and Plant Protection Research Institute

Xiaosheng Chen · Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

X. Q. Wang · South China Agricultural University

Abstract

In the present study, the taxonomy of the genus Henosepilachna Li, 1961 from China is revised to include 29 species. Four species are newly described: Henosepilachna bellatula Ye, Chen & Wang, sp. nov., Henosepilachna megista Ye, Chen & Wang, sp. nov., Henosepilachna tenuis Ye, Chen & Wang, sp. nov. and Henosepilachna hornoformis Ye, Chen & Wang, sp. nov. Henosepilachna genitalis Hoàng, 1977 is recorded from China for the first time. Diagnosis, detailed description and illustrations for each species are presented. A key to the Chinese species of Henosepilachna is also given.

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Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

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Published in: Zootaxa

Volume 5786, Issue 1, pp. 332-368

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.31

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