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Sasajiscymnus hosonaga Kitano 2012

Description

Sasajiscymnus hosonaga Kitano, 2012

Chinese name: DZḴḧ瓢•

(Fig. 64)

Sasajiscymnus hosonaga Kitano, 2012: 227 (type locality: Nantou, Taiwan, China)— Iqbal et al. 2020: 384.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. ohtai (Yang & Wu, 1972), but can be distinguished from the later by its pronotum entirely black (Kitano 2012). In S. ohtai, pronotum is yellowish brown with a large black spot at base (Fig. 9a).

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Notes

Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080

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References

  • Kitano, T. (2012) Five new species of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from East Asia. Elytra, 2 (2), 221 - 229.
  • Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4
  • Yang, C. T. & Wu, R. H. (1972) Notes on some Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 21, 115 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.2337 / diab. 21.2.128 b