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Parastethorus Pang & Mao 1975

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.

Description

Genus Parastethorus Pang & Mao

Stethorus (Parastethorus) Pang & Mao, 1975: 421. Type species: Stethorus (Parastethorus) yunnanensis Pang & Mao, 1975, by original designation.

Pang & Mao (1975) established Parastethorus Pang & Mao, 1975 as a subgenus of Stethorus with Stethorus (Parastethorus) yunnanensis as the type species based on the parameres with many short, stout seta-like processes on the inner sides. Ślipiński (2007) raised it to a distinct genus based on the incomplete abdominal postcoxal lines and larval characters, particularly the presence of short, apically frayed dorsal setae. Li et al. (2015) reviewed the Chinese species of Parastethorus and provided a world checklist including 15 species. Only P. indira is known from India at present and undescribed species from other hosts (not listed here) will be dealt with separately.

Notes

Published as part of Poorani, J., Anuradha, C. & Thanigairaj, R., 2025, An illustrated account of Stethorini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predatory on mite pests of banana in India, including description of a new species, pp. 34-66 in Zootaxa 5737 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/18021298

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E87CDFFE5FFECFF7AD1D5FAA5FDDA

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.1.2 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/18021298 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB7FFB5FFECFFE5FFEDD142FFBCFFD4 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/7F80E6FA-DF73-483B-A947-EC8828D1BF4D (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/038E87CDFFE5FFECFF7AD1D5FAA5FDDA (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/311949648 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313818/taxon/038E87CDFFE5FFECFF7AD1D5FAA5FDDA.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pang & Mao
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Parastethorus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Parastethorus Pang, 1975 sec. Poorani, Anuradha & Thanigairaj, 2025

References

  • Pang, X. F. & Mao, J. L. (1975) Important natural enemies of tetranychid mites - Stethorus Weise. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 18 (4), 418-424. https://doi.org/10.3956/2015-91.2.108
  • Slipinski, A. (2007) Australian ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Their biology and classification. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 286 pp.
  • Li, W. J., Chen, X. S., Wang, X. M. & Ren, S. X. (2015) A review of the genus Parastethorus Pang & Mao, 1975 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in China. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 91 (2), 108-127. https://doi.org/10.3956/2015-91.2.108