Taxonomic review of Coccobius species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, with notes on their use in biological control of scale insect pests (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), and description of a new species
Author
Wang, Zhu Hong
Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, China; & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, China; & Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
Author
Huang, Jian
Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, China; & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, China; & Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
Author
Pan, Dong Ming
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
text
Journal of Natural History
2013
J. Nat. Hist.
2013-08-13
48
5 - 6
359
373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.791954
journal article
7040
10.1080/00222933.2013.791954
13137cdc-83ca-408b-bf82-995abdb2cf88
1464-5262
4632155
Coccobius chaoi
Huang
Coccobius chaoi
Huang, 1994: 163
.
Holotype
♀
,
CHINA
:
Fujian
,
Fu’an
,
Xibing
,
28 September 1988
(
C.F. Lin
) sweeping, (FAFU).
Host
Unknown.
Distribution
China
(
Fujian
).
Comments
Coccobius chaoi
resembles
Coccobius abdominis
Huang
but distinctly differs from the latter mainly in having a dark pedicel, and fewer setae on the mesoscutum.