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Published: 2012-01-11
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A new species of Chlorophorus Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from China with description of biology

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China 2College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China Forest Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Ningxia, Yinchuan 750004, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China 2College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, P. R. China
Forest Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Ningxia, Yinchuan 750004, P. R. China
Coleoptera Chlorophorus new species biological characteristic China

Abstract

The morphological and biological characteristics of the new species, Chlorophorus caragana sp. nov. from China, aredescribed. This new species is a serious pest of Caragana korshinskii Kom. in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.A key to the Chlorophorus species that occur in northern China is presented. The type specimens are deposited in the Entomological Museum of Yangtze University.

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