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Issue: Vol. 4915 No. 2: 21 Jan. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.5
Page range: 255–263
Abstract views: 117
PDF downloaded: 12

A new species of Protoplotina Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Tamil Nadu, India

ICAR—National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.
ICAR—National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.
ICAR—National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.
Coleoptera Coccinelloidea Plotinini Protoplotina new species taxonomy ladybird beetles

Abstract

Protoplotina ambigua sp. n. (Coccinellidae: Plotinini) from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is described and illustrated. This is the third species of the genus reported from India. Immature stages of the genus Protoplotina are briefly described and illustrated for the first time with notes on host association. A revised key to the known species of the genus is also included.

 

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