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New Species of Tenuisvalvae (Duverger) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Citrus Crop

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A new species of Hyperaspidini, Tenuisvalvae quadripunctata sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The genus is now represented by 11 species, all native of South America, and the new taxon is integrated into the existing key to species of the genus. Ecological data for T. quadripunctata sp. nov. and a list with prey and host plants to the species of the genus Tenuisvalvae are provided.

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We thank Dr. Lino Bittencourt Monteiro, Laboratório de Manejo Integrado de Pragas (LAMIP, UFPR) and Instituto Paranaense de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Emater) Cerro Azul, search partners in citrus crops. To Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior (CAPES) (PBS, PROTAX 440414/2015-6), (CFCG, CAPES/CNPQ 401366/2014-6), and (LMA, 306772/2006-0). This is the contribution number 1938 of Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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  1. Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil

    P B Santos, C F Castro-Guedes & L M Almeida

  2. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasília, Brasil

    L M Almeida

  3. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Univ Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil

    A L B G Peronti

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Santos, P.B., Castro-Guedes, C.F., Peronti, A.L.B.G. et al. New Species of Tenuisvalvae (Duverger) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Citrus Crop. Neotrop Entomol 46, 507–513 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0492-4

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