Review of the Subgenus Allostethorus of Stethorus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China

Wen-Jing Li; Xiao-Sheng Chen; Shun-Xiang Ren

doi:10.3161/000345413X669586

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1 June 2013 Review of the Subgenus Allostethorus of Stethorus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China

Wen-Jing Li, Xiao-Sheng Chen, Shun-Xiang Ren

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Annales Zoologici, 63(2):319-341 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345413X669586

Abstract

The subgenus Allostethorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1972 of Stethorus Weise, 1885 from China is herein reviewed. Seventeen species of subgenus Allostethorus are documented from China, including eight new species described here: S. (A.) brevifoliatus sp. nov., S. (A.) gangliiformis sp. nov., S. (A.) inflatus sp. nov., S. (A.) magnus sp. nov., S. (A.) strenus sp. nov., S. (A.) tunicatus sp. nov., S. (A.) uncinellus sp. nov., and S. (A.) xinglongicus sp. nov. Diagnoses, detailed descriptions, illustrations and distributions are provided for each species and a key to Chinese species is given.

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Wen-Jing Li, Xiao-Sheng Chen, and Shun-Xiang Ren "Review of the Subgenus Allostethorus of Stethorus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China," Annales Zoologici 63(2), 319-341, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345413X669586

Received: 24 December 2012; Accepted: 1 April 2013; Published: 1 June 2013

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