A new species of Azya mulsant from Brazil (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) feeding on pulvinaria paranaensis hempel (Homoptera, Coccidae) on ilex paraguariensis st.hil. (Aquifoliaceae)

Abstract

Azya ilicis sp.n. from Brazil, is described. The new taxon is integrated into the most recent key to species.

Coleoptera; Coccinellidae; Azya; Homoptera; Coccidae; new species

A new species of Azya mulsant from Brazil (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) feeding on pulvinaria paranaensis hempel (Homoptera, Coccidae) on ilex paraguariensis st.hil. (Aquifoliaceae)¹

Lúcia Massutti de Almeida^I; Regina Célia Zonta de Carvalho^II

^IDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

^IISecretaria de Estado da Agricultura e do Abastecimento do Paraná, Centro de Diagnóstico Marcos Enrietti. Rua Jaime Balão 575, 80040-340 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

ABSTRACT

Azya ilicis sp.n. from Brazil, is described. The new taxon is integrated into the most recent key to species.

Key words: Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Azya, Homoptera, Coccidae, new species

Full text available only in PDF format.

Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF.

Recebido em 09.V.1996; aceito em 18.XI.1996.

References

• Gordon, R.D. 1980. The tribe Azyini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): historical review and taxonomic revision. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 106: 149-203.

1

Contribution no. 943 of Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  14 July 2009
• Date of issue
  1996

History

• Received
  09 May 1996
• Accepted
  18 Nov 1996