Description of a new species of cecidomyiid (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) predator of mealybugs (hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on sugarcane
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2020-01-31
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Urso-Guimarães, Maria Virgínia
Cruz, Maiara Alexandre [UNESP]
Martinelli, Nilza Maria [UNESP]
Peronti, Ana Lúcia Gonzalez Benfatti [UNESP]
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Diadiplosis saccharum sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is described based on male and female prey on nymphs of mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Saccharum spp. (Poaceae) in São Paulo State, Brazil. Herein, the genus is composed by 33 species. The key of the eight species of the Diadiplosis distributed in Brazil is updated.
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Biodiversity, Ecological association, Neotropical region, Predaceous insect, Taxonomy
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Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, v. 60, p. 1-6.