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Overview of the lady beetle tribe Diomini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and description of a new phytophagous, silk-spinning genus from Costa Rica that induces food bodies on leaves of Piper (Piperaceae)

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Vandenberg, Natalia J., Hanson, Paul E. (2019): Overview of the lady beetle tribe Diomini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and description of a new phytophagous, silk-spinning genus from Costa Rica that induces food bodies on leaves of Piper (Piperaceae). Zootaxa 4554 (1): 255-285, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.1.9

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