A new species of Azya mulsant from Brazil (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) feeding on pulvinaria paranaensis hempel (Homoptera, Coccidae) on ilex paraguariensis st.hil. (Aquifoliaceae)

A new species of Azya mulsant from Brazil (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) feeding on pulvinaria paranaensis hempel (Homoptera, Coccidae) on ilex paraguariensis st.hil. (Aquifoliaceae)¹

Lúcia Massutti de Almeida^I; Regina Célia Zonta de Carvalho^II

^IDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

^IISecretaria de Estado da Agricultura e do Abastecimento do Paraná, Centro de Diagnóstico Marcos Enrietti. Rua Jaime Balão 575, 80040-340 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

ABSTRACT

Azya ilicis sp.n. from Brazil, is described. The new taxon is integrated into the most recent key to species.

Key words: Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Azya, Homoptera, Coccidae, new species

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Recebido em 09.V.1996; aceito em 18.XI.1996.

• Gordon, R.D. 1980. The tribe Azyini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): historical review and taxonomic revision. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 106: 149-203.

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Contribution no. 943 of Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  14 July 2009
• Date of issue
  1996

History

• Received
  09 May 1996
• Accepted
  18 Nov 1996