The Genus Nesolotis Miyatake, 1966 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China, with Descriptions of Eight New Species

Xing-Min Wang; Shun-Xiang Ren; Xiao-Sheng Chen

doi:10.3161/000345410X499461

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1 March 2010 The Genus Nesolotis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China, with Descriptions of Eight New Species

Xing-Min Wang, Shun-Xiang Ren, Xiao-Sheng Chen

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Annales Zoologici, 60(1):1-13 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345410X499461

Abstract

Species of the genus Nesolotis Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidinae) endemic to China are reviewed, and the genus is removed from synonymy of Sticholotis Crotch. The following eight species are described as new to science: N. magnipunctata Wang et Ren, sp. nov., N. gladiiformis Wang et Ren, sp. nov., N. denticulata Wang et Ren, sp. nov., N. nigra Wang et Ren, sp. nov., N. centralis Wang et Ren, sp. nov., N. quadratimaculata Wang et Ren, sp. nov., N. cordiformis Wang, Ren et Chen, sp. nov. and N. daweishanensis Wang, Ren et Chen, sp. nov. A diagnosis of the genus and a key to known species from China are also provided.

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Xing-Min Wang, Shun-Xiang Ren, and Xiao-Sheng Chen "The Genus Nesolotis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China, with Descriptions of Eight New Species," Annales Zoologici 60(1), 1-13, (1 March 2010). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345410X499461

Received: 20 December 2009; Accepted: 1 March 2010; Published: 1 March 2010

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