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New Ladybirds from Southern Africa (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

✍ Scribed by Helmut Fürsch

Book ID
102511698
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
417 KB
Volume
79
Category
Article
ISSN
0232-5519

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✦ Synopsis

Two new coccinellid species from Southern Africa are described, Hyperaspis kochi sp. n. (type locality: South Africa: Northern Province: Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve) and Scoroscyrnnus puncturissimus sp. n. (type locality: South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Sodwana Bay National Park), and compared with the closely related species. A key to the South African Hyperuspis species is provided. Mainly body outlines and the morphology of genitalia are used as distinctive characters.

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