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A new species of myrmecophilous lady beetle in the genus Diomus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Diomini) from Chiapas, Mexico that feeds on green coffee scale, Coccus viridis (Green) (Hemiptera: Coccidae)

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Vandenberg, Natalia J., Iverson, Aaron, Liere, Heidi (2018): A new species of myrmecophilous lady beetle in the genus Diomus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Diomini) from Chiapas, Mexico that feeds on green coffee scale, Coccus viridis (Green) (Hemiptera: Coccidae). Zootaxa 4420 (1): 113-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.1.6

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