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A new genus and species of coccinellid (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predator on Rastrococcus spp. (Homiptera: Pseudococcidae) from India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
Abstract
Aponephus lentiformis, a new genus and species of Coccinellidae, is described from southern India and placed in the tribe Scymnini. It was found during searches for natural enemies of Rastrococcus spp.
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