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Rich sampling and modern research techniques, including SEM, revealed that rarely collected epilachnine species Epiverta chelonia is a complex of four closely related species: E. chelonia (Mader, 1933), E. albopilosa,… Click to show full abstract
Rich sampling and modern research techniques, including SEM, revealed that rarely collected epilachnine species Epiverta chelonia is a complex of four closely related species: E. chelonia (Mader, 1933), E. albopilosa, E. angusta, and E. supinata spp. nov. All Epiverta species are described and illustrated, a key to the species and a distribution map are provided. Lectotype of Solanophila cheloniaMader, 1933 is designated and its type locality delimited to Yunnan Province, Deqin County (China).
Keywords:
epilachnini complex;
epiverta dieke;
coleoptera coccinellidae;
coccinellidae epilachnini;
dieke coleoptera;
epiverta
Journal Title: Journal of Insect Science
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Journal of Insect Science
Year Published: 2017
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